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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
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The 2025 Anesthesia Virtual Summit is the can't-miss event of the year for Anesthesia coders. Join the nation's top coding trainers November 4-6, 2025, and get a first look at the 2026 CPT® and ICD-10 code changes affecting your specialty.
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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
November 4-6, 2025
Get the Latest Guidance for Accurate Anesthesia Coding, Billing & Compliance
Time and money are tight. Your anesthesia group can't afford to rely on information from a search engine's "artificial intelligence" program or other free and unverified sources. This in-depth, three-day event will deliver actionable guidance from expert sources who help real anesthesia groups like yours.
The 2025 Advanced Specialty Coding Anesthesia Virtual Summit is the must-have training of the year for anesthesia coders. Prepare your anesthesia group for 2026 with the billing, coding and compliance guidance you’ll need in the coming year.
Here's what we have in store for you in 2025:
- Receive the best coding practices for reporting anesthesia for procedures of the reproductive system and integumentary procedures
- Learn how to create customized tools and training materials for your practice from a professional
- 2026 outlook: Prepare for a new year of coding and regulatory changes
- Discover an efficient process for deciding when a denial is worth fighting and when to cut your losses
- Learn from an anesthesiologist and a coder duo who explain the clinical and coding sides of services that anesthesia providers perform outside of the operating room
- Ensure your practice isn’t leaving behind revenue for services such as gastrointestinal endoscopies, hernia repairs and more procedures of the upper and lower abdomen
- Take the mystery out of when and how to report plane blocks including the new thoracic and lower extremity blocks
- Train your providers to create clear, concise and complete charts
- Expert advice: Get answers to your pressing coding, billing and compliance questions during the Q&A sessions each day
- Get your entire team trained without sacrificing productivity and without spending thousands of dollars
- Reduced expenses. No travel time and no travel costs – participate from the comfort of your own happy place!
- Extra! Add on a specialty – Pain Management, Orthopedics, and/or Billing & Compliance – and attend sessions from multiple tracks spanned over time.
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
Virtual Conference Day 1 — Tuesday, November 4, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Reproduction: Anesthesia for Services of the Reproductive System
Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC
Apply the most accurate and efficient coding practices when you report anesthesia for procedures of the reproductive system, including how to report anesthesia for destruction of endometriomas and new prostate cancer treatments. You’ll also receive a refresher on reporting anesthesia for labor and delivery.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
DIY! Build Your Own Tools, Templates, Training Aids and More!
Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I
Learn how to create customized tools and training materials for your practice from a professional. During this session, an experienced coder, biller and presenter will share their process for creating the tools they use to boost efficiency and compliance.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
2026 Outlook: Prepare for a New Year of Coding and Regulatory Changes
Julia Kyles, CPC
Alert your anesthesia group to new opportunities and risks in the coming year. During this session you’ll learn about the new billing, coding and compliance changes that are on deck for 2026. The session will include a review of relevant changes that went into effect in 2025 so you can be sure your practice is up to date.
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A with the Speakers
Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC
Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I
Julia Kyles, CPC
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
Virtual Conference Day 2 — Wednesday, November 5, 2025
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Fight or flight? Streamline Your Appeals Decision Process
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Discover an efficient process for deciding when a denial is worth fighting and when to cut your losses. At the end of this specialty-specific presentation you’ll be ready to implement a denial decision system that saves you time and protects your practice’s revenue.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Outfield Anesthesia – Catch the Anesthesia Provider Services Outside of the OR
Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow and Laura McNeill, M.D.
An anesthesiologist and a coder team up for this session to explain the clinical and coding sides of services that anesthesia providers perform outside of the operating room. They will cover anesthesia consults, services in the catheterization lab and electrophysiology lab, intubations in the emergency department and more.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Anesthesia Services for Procedures of the Upper and Lower Abdomen
Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC
Attend this session to make sure your practice isn’t leaving behind revenue for services such as gastrointestinal endoscopies, hernia repairs, the new tumor and cyst destruction services and other procedures of the abdominal cavity.
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A with the Speakers
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow
Laura McNeill, M.D.
Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
Virtual Conference Day 3 — Thursday, November 6, 2025
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Introductory/Opening Remarks
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Get the Plane Facts About Post-op Blocks
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
This session will take the mystery out of when and how to report plane blocks, including the new thoracic and lower extremity blocks. It also shares best practices for getting your post-op pain block claims paid. The codes for reporting fascial plane blocks have come a long way since 2016, and this session will help you make sure your coding keeps up.
12:55 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
What are Words for? Make Sure Each Anesthesia Chart is Clear, Concise and Complete
Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I
Train your providers to create clear, concise and complete charts. After this session, you’ll be able to train anesthesia providers to capture the vital information that they frequently forget, and train coders to spot incomplete charts. You’ll also learn how to get your anesthesia providers to capture the diagnosis code you need for their claims and create charts that will help you defend your revenue in the event of an audit.
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Break (15-minute break)
1:55 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Anesthesia for Integumentary System Services and Burn Treatments
Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I
Discover how to report anesthesia services for integumentary procedures, including plastic and reconstructive surgery. You’ll also get top tips for reporting anesthesia for burn excisions and debridement.
2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Live Q&A with the Speakers
Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC
Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I
Bring your questions to this live Q&A session. BONUS: Have a tough scenario or complicated question you’ve been struggling with? Submit your scenario and/or question ahead of time. Submit to Julia Kyles at Julia.Kyles@decisionhealth.com by Oct. 11, 2025.
— Agenda subject to change —
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
Speakers
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Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC, is principal consultant of DB Healthcare Consulting & Education. She is a multispecialty coding, reimbursement, practice management, and compliance consultant with specialty areas including evaluation and management, anesthesia, pain management, critical care medicine, interventional radiology, and cardiology. She is a consultant for the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) and shares free educational content in her specialty areas on her YouTube page "Doris the Coder." |
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Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I, has over 40 years of experience in anesthesia coding and billing and has been speaking about anesthesia issues nationally since 2002. She has a master’s degree in business administration, is a certified auditor, coder and instructor through the American Academy of Professional Coders. Kelly is an Advanced Coding Specialist through the Board of Medical Specialty Coding and served as lead advisor for their anesthesia board. Kelly also serves as a practice management and reimbursement consultant for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. She is a certified health care auditor and has owned her own company, specializing in anesthesia consulting, Perfect Office Solutions, Inc., since November 2001. |
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Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, SME, AAPC Fellow, is a senior consultant at RMA. Garuccio has a career that spans more than 30 years. She was the president of Health Care Billing Associates for 20 years. The organization began as a medical billing service for anesthesia practices and grew to include other physician and surgical specialties. Garuccio is currently a senior consultant for RMA, a billing agency that offers consultation, coding, auditing, documentation compliance, and revenue cycle review and recommendations for anesthesia and pain management services. She has conducted webinars and live presentations for DecisionHealth, recently authored a course offered by Libman Education titled "Essentials of Anesthesiology Coding and Billing" and presents for various AAPC meetings. |
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Julia Kyles, CPC, is a content specialist at DecisionHealth. Since joining the DecisionHealth editorial team in 2000, she has written a wide range of articles and books including the Anesthesia & Pain Coder’s Pink Sheet and Pain Management Coding Answers. She also develops the agendas for the annual anesthesia and pain management conferences. To improve her coding knowledge and better understand her readers, Kyles joined the AAPC and received her CPC certification in 2015. |
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Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC, is the corporate coding manager for the anesthesia and pain management division in the compliance department of Zotec Partners, a national revenue cycle management company. She has been in the coding profession since 1980 and has worked exclusively in anesthesia and pain management for the past 23 years. Much of Linton’s work is centered on training. She gives new clients feedback on how they can improve their documentation, creates education materials for coders and physicians, provides in-person training to physicians, and responds to questions from coders, managers, and providers on a daily basis. |
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Laura McNeill, M.D., has been a private practice anesthesiologist for more than 20 years and currently works on the cardiac anesthesia team at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Before embarking on a clinical career, she worked as a medical research technician at the University of Pittsburgh and Chicago Children’s Hospital. She attended medical school at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and served her rotating internship at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois. Following her anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago Hospitals, Dr. McNeill studied cardiothoracic anesthesia for six months at Allegheny General Hospital. |
Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
Pricing
Retail price: $399.00
Add on a specialty – Orthopedics, Pain Management, and/or Billing & Compliance Virtual Summit – for $100 each.
Group pricing is as follows:
- 2-10 attendees = each attendee receives 10% discount off retail price
- 11-15 attendees = each attendee receives 15% discount off retail price
- 16-20 attendees = each attendee receives 20% discount off retail price
- 21 or more attendees = each attendees receive 25% discount off retail price
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Advanced Specialty Coding Virtual Summit: Anesthesia
Continuing Education
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 8 continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting of Approved CEUs from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program provider.
BMSC
This program is approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance (BMSC) for 7 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.