Coding Update
Mastering the Coding Maze | November 13, 2025 | Denver, CO

Coding Update 2025 Course

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
  • Comprehend the changes to Evaluation & Management for 2025 on documentation and guidelines and how these changes will impact your practice;
  • Discover the new coding updates and geographical changes in 2025 related to telemedicine and its new evolving role in your practice;
  • 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;
And More!
Coding Book
2025 EDITION PRE-ORDER (Ships in April)

Common Coding Scenarios

ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR YOUR SPINE CARE PRACTICE

New Features for 2025:

  • Revamped and updated scenarios for 2025
  • Details and updates Local Coverage Determination (LCD) on most commonly used ICD-10 codes
  • Details and updates on National Coverage Determination (NCD) on most commonly used ICD-10 codes
  • Coverage Guidance for Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation forOVCF, Cervical Fusions, and Lumbar Fusions
  • 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: Conversion Factor, Potentially Mis-valued Services, Medicare Telehealth Services, and Strategies for Improving Global Surgery Payment Accuracy

Standard Features Include:

  • Information on reporting MIPS Measures
  • CPT® codes 22000 series, 63000 series and Modifiers
  • CPT® codes for Injections, Pain Management, Radiology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) list of covered procedures

ICD-10

As of October 1, 2015 all health care entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) were required to use ICD-10 codes in place of the previous ICD-9-CM code set for medical diagnoses. ICD-10 is a more detailed system that allows for collection of more specific data about patient diagnoses. ICD-10 codes are 3-7 digits compared with the 3-5 digits in ICD-9-CM.

NASS has developed a crosswalk of ICD-9-CM codes commonly used in spine care to the new ICD-10 codes. These recommendations reflect the opinions of the NASS Coding Committee and do not constitute an official position or statement by NASS.

CMS has numerous resources related to ICD-10 maintenance and assessment. NASS also continues to include ICD-10 information in its coding courses and in Common Coding Scenarios for Comprehensive Spine Care.



Coding Articles

The following articles appeared in SpineLine, the clinical & news magazine of the North American Spine Society. They were written by members of the NASS Coding Committee and are provided here as a resource to NASS Members. Through the archives, members can quickly access all coding articles for the past 10+ years.