The New AANSCodingToday.com

AANS members are entitled to preferred access to this comprehensive, easy-to-use online claims coding tool. AANS CodingToday.com is an online database that brings together all the claims coding resources and educational material your surgical practice needs. It contains the full list of CPT, HCPCS Level II and ICD-9 codes as well as CCI edits, Global information and Relative Value Units (RVU). A simple search by procedure code yields specific information about procedure and diagnosis coding. In addition, it shows:

• Relative Value Units (RVU) and fee schedule for each state
• Allowed modifiers and other billing rules such as bundling edits
• Documentation guidelines
• National and local Medicare Fee Schedules
• Medicare National Policy information
• Automatic calculation of Medicare fees by geographic locality
• Full text state-specific Local Carrier Decision (LCDs, LMRPs) filtered by code

AANSCodingToday.com is updated as soon as coding changes are announced— no waiting for new CDs or quarterly updates. For less than the price of the AMA’s Code Manager^TM and many other coding newsletters and subscriptions, AANS members who subscribe to AANSCodingToday.com will benefit from these new enhancements:

• Navigational improvements such as less scrolling and clicking and “mouse-over” previews
• Enhanced search capabilities similar to those available on favorite online search engines
• Pages will not time-out due to site inactivity—leave it up all day!
• More Local Coverage Decision results
• Direct link to modifier definitions
• Ability to customize a fee schedule for up to three combinations of locality and fee multiplier
• Ability to add private payer fee schedules that are based on the Medicare Fee Schedule
• A New Unique bundling matrix that enables coders to check up to 20 codes
• Global day calculator—enter surgery dates and the system will calculate the number of days; coders will know if the surgery falls within the global service period of the previous surgery, and what modifiers to use.
• Ability to add personal coding notes that are private and secure
• National coverage decision database of Medicare payment rules

In 2007, the AMA’s CPT Assistant^TM with specific code references to related opinions can be purchased at a discount and accessed through AANSCodingToday.com.

Visit www.AANSCodingToday.com for a free 30 day trial! Test-drive it for a while and you will soon find that you can’t practice without it! Once purchased, an online downloadable training manual and individual phone training are available to assist neurosurgeons and their staff in using AANSCodingToday.com.

AANSCodingToday.com is a product of Physician Reimbursement Systems, Inc. (PRS). The AANS partnership with PRS enables AANS members to purchase this resource at 20 percent off its regular price: Member practices can purchase a one year subscription for only $359; additional users $89.