Wiki Tap block

[ASH527]

Tap block during a surgery. Can these be billed by the surgeon performing the surgery and not the anesthesiologist. Thank you

 

[jkyles]

Hi there, if it was done to manage post-operative pain - No. From the NCCI manual, chapter 2.

Per Medicare Global Surgery rules, the physician performing an operative procedure is responsible for treating postoperative pain. Treatment of postoperative pain by the operating physician is not separately reportable.

 

[thomas7331]

Agreed, surgeons cannot bill for anesthesia, including nerve blocks, that they perform for their own procedures, per NCCI.