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Wiki Anesthesia coding for Gastroenterology

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I am trying to locate more educational tools for GI specific anesthesia coding. I work for a GI office and we currently only code the procedure and pathology for our ASC. However we will soon be coding the anesthesia as well. The most common procedures we do are CP,EGD,and ERCP's out of our ASC. This subject is very new to me so any help will be wonderful.

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Bethany Hess CPC-A
 
The best resource is the CMS Anesthesiology page here: http://www.cms.gov/center/anesth.asp

Many private carriers follow CMS guidelines. Be sure to check out the link to the carrier manual chapter 12 which defines the time unit and required modifiers. This chapter also includes information for CRNAs.

Also, be sure to check for any LCDs.
 
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