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Don't Make Assumptions About Induced Hypothermia

Published on Fri Dec 13, 2019

Question: When is it not correct to append +99116 for hypothermia? Louisiana Subscriber Answer: A few anesthesia codes already include hypothermia, which means it’s invalid to include +99116 (Anesthesia complicated by utilization of total body hypothermia [List separately in addition to code for primary anesthesia procedure]) on the claim. The distinction is easier to note with some procedures than with [...]
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