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CCI Clampdown KOs These Sedation Codes
Published on Sat Oct 03, 2009
Bundles put wraps on secondary physician sedation services. If you have been coding for your ED physician's moderate sedation service while another provider performs a procedure, the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) just put a stop to it. CCI 15.3, effective Oct. 1, bundles these sedation services into many ED-relevant procedure codes in the books. Check out this guidance on which moderate sedation codes are out, which ones are still in, and how to tell the difference. Choose E/M in Place of These Sedation Codes The following codes have been bundled into most procedure codes you'd see in the ED: • 99148 -- Moderate sedation services (other than those services described by codes 00100-01999), provided by a physician other than the health care professional performing the diagnostic or therapeutic service that the sedation supports; younger than 5 years of age, first 30 minutes intra-service time • 99149 -- ... age 5 years or [...]
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