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National Conference | Tampa
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Join Us in Tampa for KZA's National Coding Conference: "Building Strength with Coding and Audit Education."
Immerse yourself in the latest Orthopaedics, ENT, General Surgery, Spine Surgery updates, and best practices for 2025 compliance and accuracy at KZA’s National Coding & Reimbursement Conference!
Why Attend?
💡 Expert Insights: Learn from top-tier KZA consultants.
📈 Stay Ahead: Keep up with cutting-edge coding guidelines.
🎓 Earn CEUs: Elevate your professional development.
🤝 Interactive Fun: Dive into live Q&A and dynamic discussions.
Conference Highlights:
🔍 Deep Dive Sessions: Essential E/M and surgical coding updates.
💼 Compliance Mastery: Maximize your reimbursement strategies.
🎤 Networking Engage with others in your specialty to share valuable insights.
🗓 Date: May 2-3, 2025
📍 Location: Westin Tampa Waterside
Don't miss this chance to supercharge your coding and audit skills! Secure your spot today and be part of the future of coding excellence!
KZA Celebrates 40 Years this May!
KZA is thrilled to commemorate 40 years of empowering healthcare professionals with expert consulting, audit, and coding education solutions. Since KZA’s founding in 1985, we’ve partnered with practices nationwide, delivering cutting-edge insights and unparalleled support in orthopaedics, otolaryngology, dermatology, and more.
This milestone reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, innovation, and collaboration. We thank our incredible team, loyal clients, and trusted partners who’ve made this journey possible. Together, we’ve shaped a legacy of success—and the future is brighter than ever.
Join us in celebrating this remarkable achievement as we continue to lead the way in healthcare consulting excellence!
Orthopaedics + Spine Surgery
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Orthopaedics 2025
Dive into the intricacies of orthopaedic surgical coding with industry experts, gain insights on the latest updates, and enhance your skills to ensure accurate and efficient coding practices.
Our comprehensive course: "Strengthening Your Surgical Coding for Orthopaedics 2025," is designed for professionals who aim to master the complexities of orthopaedic surgical coding.
Join us for a day of learning, networking, and professional growth!
AAOS Member Price: $1100
Non-Member Price: $1260
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Orthopaedics 2025
Increase your proficiency in coding Orthopaedic Evaluation and Management (E/M) services and office procedures with our course, "Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Orthopaedics 2025." This course is designed for professionals who want to gain a deep understanding of E/M coding, ensuring compliance and accuracy with the latest guidelines and best practices.
Join us for this in-depth 4-hour course!AAOS Member Price: $600
Non-Member Price: $720
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Spine 2025
Differentiate CPT coding rules and Medicare payment rules including surgical components. Implement best practices for documentation to ensure accurate spinal procedure coding. Demonstrate the accurate application of coding rules and modifiers in spine surgery. Analyze and understand the importance of implementing payor specific indications and coding guidelines.
Course Price: $1260
Otolaryngology | ENT
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Otolaryngology 2025
It is more important than ever to keep current with an understanding of new and existing codes which depend on coding accuracy. The 2025 Otolaryngology surgical procedure coding course sifts through all that is important in Otolaryngology coding and packs it into an intensive, fast-paced day. This year's agenda covers all you need to know to code and document accurately and efficiently in 2025 and beyond.
The course describes why documentation is as essential as the code selected and how to capture all potential revenue by improving your notes. We'll show you the correct way to use surgical payment modifiers so that you optimize payment. You'll leave armed with ideas and techniques for setting up systems that reduce denials and increase successful appeals.
The course also provides in-depth and clinically relevant instruction on coding for Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology, and facial plastics, including repairs, ATTs, and Flaps and Grafts.
Learn the latest coding, billing, and reimbursement strategies for allergy and immunology along with coding audiology services, which are new topics this year.
This course is rich with real-life clinical scenarios and includes a comprehensive workbook that will become your first response coding resource.
Course Price: $1190
Strengthening your Evaluation and Management Coding for Otolaryngology 2025
Evaluation and Management Services (E/M) are commonly reported in the office and hospital settings in Otolaryngology. It is important to understand the guidelines, including when to use medical decision making and when to report time. In addition, this workshop will cover E/M Modifiers, Advanced Practice Providers, and Telehealth. We will end the day with hands-on E/M coding cases. Join KZA to learn about the office services that impact every Otolaryngology provider.
Course Price: $680
General Surgery
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for General Surgery 2025
An overwhelming increase in arbitrary denials, decrease in payor reimbursement, pre-authorization nightmares and more, make it more important than ever to document and code as accurately as possible. Staying up to date on the latest codes and reimbursement challenges is crucial. KZA/ACS 2025 surgical coding course breaks down these critical issues and condenses it into a comprehensive day of training. Pair it with our day 1 E/M and Office procedures course for 2 days packed with “must know” information!
In this course, we will cover the most common practice issues, pre-authorization, wRVU issues, dealing with denials and unlisted codes- all things that present daily practice challenges.
Most importantly, the course provides in-depth and clinically relevant instruction on coding for various procedures, including hernia repair, colorectal procedures, bariatric, damage control surgery, gallbladder, liver, endoscopy, breast surgery, intraabdominal tumors/HIPEC, selected surgical oncology procedures, endocrine surgery, and more!
With rich clinical scenarios and a comprehensive workbook, which will become your go-to resource for coding challenges, you’ll leave with the skills necessary for accurate and efficient coding and documentation in 2025 and beyond.
Course Price: $1100
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for General Surgery 2025
Evaluation and Management (E/M) Coding
Identify what is included when reporting E/M services based on time and master the elements of medical decision-making (MDM), including problems addressed by defining the terms to determine where they fit, data reviewed and analyzed by understanding what counts, and risk of patient management by recognizing the risk of treatment options. Recognize the similarities and differences between E/M categories depending on the place of service. Differentiate between Incident-To and Split Shared services and when they apply. Navigate when and how to correctly use modifiers.
Course Price: $1100
KZA National Speakers
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Christine Banks
RHIA, CPC, CPCO
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Deborah Grider
CDIP, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, COC, CEMC, CPMA
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Hotel Information
Westin Tampa Waterside
Address: 725 S. Harbour Waterside
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 1-813-229-5000
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