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Remember to Meet 7 Criteria Before Reporting Medical Direction

Published on Mon Apr 13, 2020

Plus: Count cases to ensure it’s not medical supervision instead. “Medical direction" describes when an anesthesiologist oversees two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving other qualified individuals. You append modifier QY (Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) by an anesthesiologist) or QK (Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals) to [...]
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