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Can I charge mod sedation for placement of nerve blocks

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Hi,
If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.
I am coding for a hospital; The anesthesiologist is using moderate sedation to place nerve blocks before a surgery. The surgery anesthesia is MAC and I know I can't charge for the nerve block, but was wondering if I could charge for a facility charge for the mod sedation? I was thinking it's like when you charge for us guidance used with a nerve block even when you can't charge for the nerve block.

Any thoughts......
 
MAC and moderate sedation are two completely different things. Moderate sedation would not be administered by an anesthesiologist, rather by the surgeon. With moderate sedation, the patient is somewhat conscious.

MAC is monitored anesthesia care with the patient being unconscious and is administered by an anesthesiologist.
 
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