Anesthesia Coding Alert

Reader Question:

Submit 01936 for Lumbar RFA

Question: What anesthesia code should we report when a patient receives MAC (monitored anesthesia care) for radiofrequency ablation of the lumbar spine?Nevada SubscriberAnswer: The correct choice is 01936 (Anesthesia for percutaneous image guided procedures on the spine and spinal cord; therapeutic). Note that if the provider had completed a diagnostic procedure instead, you would report 01935.
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