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Capture full payment for remote visits during the PHE for COVID19. An interim final rule published in the April 6 2020 Federal Register explains how to bill telehealth services during the COVID19 publ... [ Read More ]
Changes to diagnosis codes mean NCD coding changes. Diagnosis codes changes went into effect Oct. 1 as usual and the Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS is updating National Coverage Determi... [ Read More ]
Soldiers battled enemies filthy conditions foreign disease and wounds that linger in the aftermath. By Freda Brinson CPC CPCH CEMC Dec. 7 2013 marks the 72nd anniversary of the date which will live in... [ Read More ]
The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services CMS has expanded extracorporeal photopheresis ECPcoverage for the treatment ofbronchialitis obliterans syndrome BOS following lung allograft transplantati... [ Read More ]
Hi, I have a case in which a patient was not a candidate for a labor epidural. The patient was placed on a remifentanil pca and subsequently needed a c-section. I am not sure how to code this, because... [ Read More ]
Hi all!!
I am trying to find the HCPCS code for Articaine (Carticaine). It is an oral local anesthetic.
I thought I would be able to find it, but no luck. I do not yet have my 2021 HCPCS book, but I... [ Read More ]
Has anyone encountered a provider performing Postop Pain rounds for blocks placed on the previous day in an outpatient setting. The patient's are technically outpatient, but held 23 hrs and thus are ... [ Read More ]
Hi I'm going to take my CANPC exam in couple of week any suggestion will help. Which book should I buy ASA crosswalk or RVG book?
Thanks!... [ Read More ]
I need insight from some experts! What would you do with this?
Pt. in today for pump check and possible scheduling of replacement. The pump has had volume discrepancies showing that no medic... [ Read More ]
Can these modifiers both be billed on the same claim form if NPI numbers for each provider are listed? Also, is the website anesthesiabilling.org a trusted and reliable resource? Who are they?
Thank... [ Read More ]
Hello,
Our providers are doing Subcostal TAP Blocks and have been trying to use 64425. This is not an Intercostal Nerve Block, so I do not feel 64425 is appropriate. The procedure description is re... [ Read More ]
Hello, My question concerns acceptable modifiers for anesthesia for two separate surgeries but they are on the same day. We say append the 59 modifier only on the second surgery. Others are saying y... [ Read More ]
My MTF surgeons have started using epidural anesthesia in lieu of general anesthesia for qualified hip and knee replacement candidates. I have confirmed with the anesthesia providers this is not a ner... [ Read More ]