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Hello to all,
Just wanted to get some feedback before I sit again for the CPC exam later this month.
We used to use the Anesthesia coding that starts with: 00100, 00102, 00103, etc strictily for Medicare patients.
The 3rd Party Payors, i.e. Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, etc required the Anesthesia coding be done in the regular CPT codes. Meaning, we used the codes starting with 10021, 20005, etc to describe the surgical procedure that anesthesia was given for.
Has this changed at all? I would like to be sure about this. I was just completing some of these questions when time ran out.
Thank you all for your assistance.
H.Strasko
Just wanted to get some feedback before I sit again for the CPC exam later this month.
We used to use the Anesthesia coding that starts with: 00100, 00102, 00103, etc strictily for Medicare patients.
The 3rd Party Payors, i.e. Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, etc required the Anesthesia coding be done in the regular CPT codes. Meaning, we used the codes starting with 10021, 20005, etc to describe the surgical procedure that anesthesia was given for.
Has this changed at all? I would like to be sure about this. I was just completing some of these questions when time ran out.
Thank you all for your assistance.
H.Strasko