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New to anesthesia billing and have a provider on Genius software. Any billers out there willing to network so I can bounce some questions off of?
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I'm studying for my CANPC test and understand most of it. I just cannot calculate the time on my calculator. Is there a better way to help me understand this? I am grasping the other parts (Base + Tim... [ Read More ]
My physician would like to do an Abdominal Field Block just below the sternum post hiatal hernia repair - chronic post op pain. Anyone can direct me in which CPT code to use?
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Good morning. I wanted to reach out in the forum. I am doing research on cataract surgery anesthesia. The physician works with a CRNA and his start and stop time has been overlapping. I am trying to d... [ Read More ]
Hello,
I am a bit confused on how to bill this out.
Patient had a procdure (62323 LESI) at a ASC.
We have a CRNA that works for our company.
The CRNA saw the patient in pre op, did a pre anethesia H&a... [ Read More ]
I'm reviewing a claim for E1399 from an anesthesia provider for the mobile supplies he brings with him to perform in-office anesthesia for biopsy. He stated specifically it is for Oxygen, Oxygen analy... [ Read More ]
When reporting anesthesia for a clinical trial procedure (TAVR/TAVI) does the anesthesia claim require modifier Q1, ICD-10 Z00.6, and NCT#?... [ Read More ]
New to anesthesia coding and I have a question on billing the units or quantity. CPT is 01992 QZ, QS. Anesthesia time: Start 1412 End 1425 with total time being 13 minutes. Anesthesia is saying to bil... [ Read More ]
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