COMMITTEES

CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT COMMITTEE

Committee Members

• Ted Rosenkrantz, MD (District I) University of Connecticut Health Center
• Stuart Weisberger, MD (District I) University of Massachusetts Health Care
• Tove Rosen, MD (District II) New York Presbyterian Medical Center
• Scott Duncan, MD (District IV)
• Stephen Pearlman, MD (District III) Christiana Care Health Systems, Chair
• David Wells, MD (District IV) Greenville Memorial Hospital
• Edward Liechty, MD (District V) Indiana University Medical Center
• David Bolam, MD (District VI) University Nebraska Medical Center
• William Engle, MD (District VII) University of Texas Southwestern
• Richard Molteni, MD (District VIII) Seattle Children's Hospital
• Charles Hoffmeister, MD (District VIII) Sacred Heart Medical Center
• Gilbert Martin, MD (District IX) Citrus Valley Medical Center
• Barry Chandler, MD (District X) Plantation General Hospital
• David Kanter, MD (District X)

Scope of Committee Work

The coder's committee works with the AAP and AMA to keep current on deleted and new codes. Refinements in the verbiage for definitions and the production of new codes to be presented to the Editorial Panel of the AMA are also continuing projects. The committee produces a yearly toolkit and presents conferences in each district, at the NCE and at the Scottsdale meeting.

Current Initiatives

• Perinatal Pediatrics CPT/ICD-9-CM Coding Toolkit
• Transitional code 9929X
• Multidisciplinary code 9929X
• Head and Body Cooling

Coding Resource Quick Reference Guide to Neonatal Coding and Documentation Over the past decade, there has been an effort to simplify coding for neonatal services. This work has resulted in a set of codes for normal, intensive, and critically ill newborns that is unique to this patient population. Co-authored by Section Coding Committee leaders Gilbert Martin and Richard Molteni, the Quick Reference Guide to Neonatal Coding and Documentation provides the information you need to code correctly and most effectively for your practice. Neonatal Coding 101 Diagnosis Coding Special Codes for Neonatology Resource-based Relative Value Scale Overview Coding Questions and Answers in Neonatology

Contact Us

To contact the coding committee, please send email to Stephen Pearlman.