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Modifier QZ With Physician Supervision

Published on Tue Mar 25, 2014

Question: I code for an ASC that employs CRNAs. The ASC is in New York, which requires all CRNAs to be supervised. The state requires the supervision be by a physician, but does not specify which type of physician it must be. In this center, GI physicians performing endoscopies supervise the CRNAs. They are not directed by an anesthesiologist. Is it [...]
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