Effective Jan. 1, the AMA has revealed that you’ll find 119 deletions, 186 new codes, 263 revisions, and adjustments to 18 CPT® modifiers. For instance, you will find a revised code 01991 with the description: Anesthesia for diagnostic or therapeutic nerve blocks and injections (when block or injection is performed by a different physician or other qualified health care professional); other than the prone position.
Anesthesia coding differs from any other medical specialty, thanks to time unit calculations, anesthesia provider modifiers, medical direction nuances, and more. Add the potential of pain management procedures to the mix, and the importance of having every coding detail correct becomes even more daunting.
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- New anesthesia coding conventions to factor into your training.
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- Medicare Re- Enrollment: Read on to see what you should do for your anesthesia practice when that revalidation notice comes in the mail.
- Most frequent kinds of HIPAA breaches -- involving portable devices -- and how they can be prevented by using encryption according to Federal standards.
- Cardiac Anesthesia: Study 4 checkpoints to swan-ganz catheter success.
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- ICD-10: Turn to K65.1 to report peritoneal abscess, not 567.22.
- ICD-10: Prepare for congenital heart defect diagnosis change to Q25.0.
- CPT® 2013: Watch for these tweaks to anesthesia codes for prone position.
- CCI: Be careful of coding line placements with wound repair, thanks to new edits.
- Compliance: Get the scoop on HIPAA audits that could be heading your way.
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