For many ambulatory surgery center leaders, anesthesia has quietly become the fault line where financial and clinical realities intersect. What was once a stable, predictable service line is now one ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jonathan Bush, CEO and chairman of athenahealth, said "We are constantly identifying new opportunities to grow our claims processing capabilities and to expand our ability to get physicians paid more ...
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 ...