The program will include case studies that allow participants to test their knowledge and apply newly acquired strategies for coding and coverage. The ASTRO Coding and Coverage Seminar is designed to provide information to ASTRO members (radiation oncologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists), coding professionals and practice administrators on the topic of CPT codes and coverage within radiation oncology. Coding and coverage for radiation oncology is not addressed in medical programs, nor regularly included in job training for billing and coding professionals. Coding, coverage and reimbursement for the set of radiation oncology codes within health care is a very complex and vast topic education on this topic is necessary to increase practicing clinicians’ understanding of radiation oncology and ensure correct coding is being implemented.
