Although the anesthesia section in the CPT manual is the smallest, it can be one of the most difficult areas to accurately code. Not only does the physician have to keep a “tic sheet” of the time, ...

A single colonoscopy can generate more than one bill: a procedure claim, a sedation claim, and sometimes a separate anesthesia claim, plus a facility claim when the case is done at an ASC.

Although avoiding audits remains a major goal for healthcare organizations, mistakes can happen and audits become an ...

Most coders never have the opportunity to code for anesthesia. Expert Lori-Lynne Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, explains that ICD-10-CM coding for anesthesia services is interesting and ...

Academic medical centers (AMCs) are dedicated to patient care, education, and research. Yet while AMCs excel in advancing the practice of medicine and typically rank among the top-performing US ...

In some anesthesia cases, a V code could be the only accurate primary diagnosis code. Pre-Op pain medications can pose another obstacle in billing the outpatient surgery anesthesia. For example, CPT ...