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March 14th
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May 31st
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July 22nd
Conference Begins
August 21st
Join Us at KZA’s
National Conference | Nashville
🎉 Get ready for an electrifying experience in Nashville, TN! 🎉
Join Us in Nashville 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: August 21 & 22
📍 Location: Loews Nashville Vanderbilt Hotel
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 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!
KZA Celebrates 40 Years in 2025!
New Courses In 2025!
Orthopaedics | ENT | General Surgery | Spine
Agenda
📅Thursday, August 21st
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for General Surgery 2025
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Spine 2025
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Otolaryngology 2025
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Orthopaedics 2025
📅Friday, August 22nd
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Strengthening Your Acute Trauma Surgery and Critical Care Coding 2025
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Otolaryngology 2025
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Orthopaedics 2025
Please be aware that some sessions will occur simultaneously. We encourage you to carefully review the schedule and select your courses accordingly, as you may not attend overlapping sessions.

Orthopaedic Surgery
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Orthopaedics 2025
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Thursday, August 21st
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Christine Banks, RHIA, CPC, CPCO
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 and ensure 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
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Conquer the E/M guidelines for Office/Outpatient, Inpatient, Observation, Consultations, and Emergency Department services
Clarify incident-to, direct billing, and split/shared reporting rules for PAs and NPs
Contrast the different types of Radiology billing and documentation requirements
Recognize when reporting an E/M modifier and office procedure is appropriate
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Orthopaedics 2025
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Friday, August 22nd
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Christine Banks, RHIA, CPC, CPCO
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
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Demonstrate an understanding of simple to complex surgical coding procedures
Classify benign, malignant, and radical resection procedures in orthopaedic oncology, and understand their respective coding options
Identify common complications associated with joint arthroplasty and their impact on coding
Recognize the 2025 CPT changes and their applications
Navigate and apply CPT, AAOS Global Service Data (GSD) and Medicare NCCI guidelines

Spine Surgery
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Spine 2025
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Thursday, August 21st
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC
Join us for an immersive course tailored for spine surgeons (neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery), their coders, and billing professionals. This course delves deep into spine surgery coding, led by a distinguished spine coding expert with over 30 years of experience teaching for AANS, AAOS, and NASS. Discover everything you need to know—and uncover insights you didn't realize were crucial. Engage with real-life operative notes and case scenarios, providing hands-on coding experience. Gain invaluable documentation tips to enhance your proficiency in spine surgery coding.
The course is designed for spine surgeons (neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery), their coders, and anyone involved in billing for spine surgical procedures
Taught by a nationally recognized spine coding expert with over 30 years’ experience teaching for AANS, AAOS, and NASS
Everything you wanted to know about spine surgery coding…and some things we bet you didn’t know you needed to know!
Lots of real-life operative notes and case scenarios for hands-on coding by the attendees
Documentation tips to optimize spine surgery coding
Course Price: $1260
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Differentiate CPT coding rules and Medicare payment rules for key spine surgery coding issues, including instrumentation, bone graft, and operating microscope codes
Demonstrate the accurate application of surgical CPT modifiers in spine surgery
Discuss the difference between CPT 63047 and 63030 and when to use each code
Recognize when to separately code the decompression performed at the same spinal level as a posterior lumbar interbody fusion
Implement best practices for documentation to ensure accurate spinal procedure coding
Enhance Your Education
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Combine Orthopaedic Surgical Coding and Spine Surgical Coding for a special price!
Bundle Price: $1800

Otolaryngology | ENT
Strengthening Your Evaluation and Management Coding for Otolaryngology 2025
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Thursday, August 22nd
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Deborah Grider, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, COC, CEMC, CPMA
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 course with hands-on E/M coding cases. Join KZA to learn about the office services that impact every Otolaryngology provider.
Course Price: $680
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Describe the new telehealth codes and guidelines in 2025
Review the changes in telehealth for CMS
Identify key requirements for “incident to”, direct, and shared/split billing non-physician practitioners (NPPs)
Build upon previous knowledge of the E/M guidelines for Medical Decision Making and Time
Review Medical-Decision Making (MDM) elements - Problems Addressed, Data, and Risk (aka Medical Decision-Making elements) and Time that apply in all settings
Report on E/M services with modifier 25, compliantly
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for Otolaryngology 2025
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Friday, August 22nd
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Deborah Grider, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, COC, CEMC, CPMA
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
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Use surgery coding that meets CPT rules and government regulations for commonly performed procedures
Integrate ENT subspecialty coding principles in otology/neurotology, rhinology, laryngology, facial plastics, and allergy and immunology services
Correctly code common general surgical procedures
Accurately apply modifiers when they are required and understand their impact on reimbursement

General Surgery
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Thursday, August 21st
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CMDP
An overwhelming increase in arbitrary denials, a 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’s 2025 surgical coding course breaks down these critical issues and condenses them into a comprehensive day of training.
In this course, we will cover the most common practice issues, pre-authorization, wRVU issues, dealing with denials, and unlisted codes—all of which 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
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Describe the new 2025 CPT codes for general surgery
Recognize the impact of modifiers on global periods and reimbursement
Identify areas for improvement in surgical documentation
Select correct codes for common general surgery procedures
Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for General Surgery 2025
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Friday, August 22nd
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CMDP
Trauma surgeons wear three hats: trauma surgeon, general surgeon, and critical care intensivist. Each of these complex roles requires not only an expansive clinical knowledge base but critical responsibilities in documentation and coding to ensure capture of every potential reimbursable dollar. Ensuring optimal reimbursement starts with excellent documentation which then supports coding and billing accuracy.
This intensive, fast-paced, full-day workshop is built to meet the extensive documentation, coding, and billing challenges of trauma surgeons, trauma APPs, and the entire trauma coding and billing team.
The course begins with a comprehensive deep dive into critical care coding, a top audit target in today’s payor environment. Learn what documentation works and what doesn’t work with real-life detailed examples. See what your alternatives are to critical care and how you can use these codes to your advantage (hint- prolonged services!)
Next, the course covers trauma procedures, both emergent and operative, comprehensively. Actual trauma operative notes are reviewed in detail, showing what can and cannot be billed in a clinical trauma scenario.
Course Price: $1100
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As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to…
Accurately report the time requirements for critical care coding
Document according to the guidelines for concurrent and shared critical care coding
Document and Accurately code for common trauma procedures
Strengthening Your Acute Trauma Surgery & Critical Care Coding 2025
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