Register Now to Attend August Coding Courses in Nashville

Medicare and third-party payor policy and coding changes require that surgeons and their coding staff have accurate and up-to-date information to protect reimbursement and optimize efficiency—and the next in-person ACS/KZA General Surgery Coding Course, August 21–22 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, can help.

ACS members and their staff receive a registration discount, so register today. Attendees can choose one or both full-day sessions and receive 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for attending both days.

Strengthening Your Surgical Coding Skills for General Surgery 2025

Thursday, August 21 | 8:00 am–5:00 pm CT

This course covers the most common practice issues affecting general surgeons: prior authorization, wRVUs, denials, and unlisted codes. Participants will receive in-depth and clinically relevant instruction on coding for numerous procedures, from hernia repair to breast surgery and more. With detailed clinical scenarios and a comprehensive workbook, course participants will leave with the skills necessary for accurate and efficient coding in 2025 and beyond.

Strengthening Your Acute Trauma Surgery & Critical Care Coding 2025

Friday, August 22 | 8:00 am–4:00 pm CT

This intensive, fast-paced workshop is designed to meet the extensive documentation, coding, and billing challenges of the trauma coding and billing team. By reviewing real-life examples, you will learn what documentation does and does not work. You will also see what alternatives are available to critical care and how to use these codes for optimal reimbursement. Actual trauma operative notes will be reviewed in detail, showing what can and cannot be billed in a clinical trauma scenario.

Book here before Tuesday, July 22 to receive the special room rate of $249 per night, plus tax, at Nashville’s Loews Vanderbilt Hotel.

For more information about the ACS/KZA General Surgery Coding Course, contact KZA or email practicemanagement@facs.org.