Wiki New to anesthesia coding

[tadailey]

I've recently started billing anesthesia claims for a ASC and I'm having trouble getting BCBS to pay these claims and of course no one at BCBS can answer my question.

Are anesthesia claims billed on a 1500 or UB 04? That's all I need to know. I'm entering these claims on the BCBS website and something isn't right. Not sure if I'm entering something wrong or not entering something. The only thing I can get out of BCBS is that it's not on the correct form.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Teresa D

 

[lcole7465]

UB 04 form is for Facility billing. All provider claims should be billed on a 1500.

 

[sequester25@gmail.com]

We bill out our anesthesia via 1500 claim forms as well. Double check the claim and make sure it also has the start and stop time in 24hr format and the minutes.