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    Wiki Anesthesia Denials US Department of Labor Workers Comp

    We are seeing a trend in denied anesthesia charges for US DOL work comp for CPT codes: 01402 Mod QK and QX, they insist these codes are included in the surgical global package payment, even though the anesthesia providers are a complete separate specialty. (We know the units in authorization...
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    Wiki Diagnosis Coding for Anesthesia Claims

    This is a question for those who code anesthesia for hospitals or outpatient surgery centers. How many diagnosis codes do you put on your claims; in other words, do you code them like you would code the surgery or an OP/IP visit with up to 12 diagnosis codes, including HCC codes. I have my CPC...
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