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Coding Update 2025: Mastering the Coding Maze

Nashville, TN

Starts: Fri 8:00AM CT (Apr 04, 2025) Ends: Sat 5:00PM CT (Apr 05, 2025) OnDemand

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This highly interactive course will address CPT coding for spine surgical, medical, radiologic procedures as well as E&M coding. Attendees will leave the course with proper documentation and coding knowledge in order to receive appropriate reimbursement along with valuable information for navigating the authorization process.

Highlights include, practical tips to ensure payment on initial submission, thereby decreasing time spent on appeals and denials for both Medicare and private insurers, correct utilization of both 22000 and 63000 codes, operative report coding and documentation, correct use of modifiers, and the ever-important coding for telemedicine, which is now significant. Other focuses include new E&M coding and documentation guidelines, up-to-date information on healthcare legislation for pre-authorization, Medicare cuts, and other news that affect coding and reimbursement.

Coding and reimbursement are the lifeblood of every practice. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to parlay your coding knowledge to optimize reimbursement, navigate through the coding, authorization and appeals process, identify nuances that affect proper billing and cause rejected/delayed claims, utilize Medicare NCCI edits, and properly document to meet medical necessity guidelines.

Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Meet one-on-one with physician faculty who lead NASS’ CPT, RUC, and reimbursement efforts;

  • Examine real life cases and perform operative note dissection in the hands-on coding sessions;

  • Participate in an interactive panel discussion, which will explore claim denials and tips to avoid them with leading experts in the spine coding industry;

  • Attend either an advanced breakout session delving into complex surgical case coding or a basic breakout session identifying anatomy and terminology in spine care.

  • Chair

    Donna M. Lahey, RNFA, CNOR

    What You Will Learn

    Upon completion of this comprehensive two-day course, participants should gain strategies to:

    Comprehend the changes to Evaluation & Management for 2025 on documentation and guidelines and how these changes will impact your practice;

    Learn the elements required for complete and accurate documentation for Evaluation & Management coding, and medical and surgical procedural notes;

    Discover the new coding updates and geographical changes in 2025 related to telemedicine and its new evolving role in your practice;

    Improve cash flow by reducing denials, resubmissions, and rejected claims;

    Identify problems which cause denied/delayed claims and how to prevent these issues from occurring;

    Correlate correct coding with practice reimbursement to ensure that every procedure receives the highest allowable level of reimbursement;

    Recognize the relationship between proper diagnostic (ICD-10) and procedural coding (CPT) and how to link them to avoid denials;

    Discover which ICD-10 codes are acceptable to be billed with different procedures in order to be reimbursed in an accurate and timely fashion;

    Know the accurate use of modifiers, the relationship between modifiers and their impact on reimbursement as well as new modifier changes for 2025;

    Become aware of all of the new changes taking effect in 2025 after the finalization of the OPPS;

    Become comfortable with procedural differences and how to code your operative reports and document accurately for prompt payment;

    Learn about important legislation that will affect your coding bottom line;

    Feel comfortable coding your most complex surgical procedures;

    Effectively and accurately code injection and neurologic testing procedures;

    Incorporate the teachings of this course into your practice.

    Audience

    This course is for spine specialists, practice managers, and coders who have a basic understanding of ICD-10, CPT coding and the insurance billing process. Office staff and physicians are encouraged to attend the course together.

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     Price LevelRegistration Fees
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    Registration: General Registration

     Commercial Affiliate$857.00
     Commercial Business Interest$964.00
     Member Affiliated Healthcare$750.00
     Member Doctor$857.00
     Member Emeritus$750.00
     Member In-Training$482.00
     Non-Member Affiliated Healthcare$803.00
     Non-Member Doctor$964.00
     Non-Member In-Training$589.00

    Location

    Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown
    300 Korean Veterans Blvd.
    Nashville, TN 37201
    US


    Hotel Information

    Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown
    300 Korean Veterans Blvd.
    Nashville, TN 37201
    Hotel Cut-off Date: March 10, 2025
    Phone: 800-325-0720 / Group # 10114698
    Hotel Rate: $289 (includes complimentary HOT breakfast and evening drinks and snacks)
    Note: Breakfast will not be served at the course.

    Our Policy

    Meeting Cancellation: NASS reserves the right to cancel, reschedule, or reformat (including to digital form) programs due to circumstances beyond its control or close registration when programs are oversubscribed. For these reasons, registrants are advised against purchasing non-refundable airline tickets. NASS is not responsible for penalties incurred as a result of cancelled transportation fares, hotel reservation policies or Visa rejection/refusals.

    Attendee Cancellation: Cancellation must be submitted via email by March 13, 2025 to receive a full refund less cancellation processing fee of $100. Registrations are not transferable and no substitutions.

    Assumption of Risk and Waiver: Attendee assumes all risks and accepts sole responsibility for any injury (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that attendee may experience or incur in connection with attending the 2025 Coding Update. Attendee hereby releases, covenants not to sue, discharges and holds harmless the North American Spine Society its employees, agents, and representatives, from any such claims, including all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind arising or relating thereto.

    In addition to all other rules and regulations relating to the attendee’s attendance at the 2025 Coding Update, attendee that may be implemented related to the 2025 Coding Update, including but not limited to, mask-wearing and social distancing requirements and restrictions on certain activities that carry higher health-related risk, in order to protect as much as possible, the health and safety of all 2025 Coding Update attendees.

    Nonmember Resident / Fellow - To receive resident and fellow pricing, email a letter on letterhead from your program director with your program status to registration@spine.org. If you haven’t attended a NASS meeting or purchased a product, please create new contact before letter is emailed.

    Continuing Medical Education (CME)s

    The North American Spine Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The North American Spine Society designates this live activity for a maximum of

    15

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

    Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    Have A Question?

    We want to make sure that your registration process is a pleasant one, so if you have any trouble or a question, please email or call us at (630) 230-3600.