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Include All These Details for Cancelled Anesthesia

Published on Tue Dec 22, 2015

Remember, timing is everything. As an anesthesia coder, you know you have special considerations when filing a claim for a procedure that was canceled before its completion. Here’s exactly what your providers need to be documenting for reimbursement success. Situation 1: Cancellation Between Evaluation and Induction Sometimes a physician – either the surgeon or anesthesiologist – decides to cancel a [...]
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