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Include Supporting Diagnoses for Anesthesia in Special Circumstances

Published on Thu Nov 12, 2020

Question: A patient had transthoracic echocardiography under MAC due to Down syndrome and autistic disorder. I have documentation for reporting 93303 for the procedure but am not sure of the correct anesthesia code and whether it needs a special modifier. What do you recommend? Connecticut Subscriber Answer: Procedure 93303 (Transthoracic echocardiography for congenital cardiac anomalies; complete) crosses to anesthesia code [...]
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