AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 6 (June)
Important Moderate (Conscious) Sedation Updates [(Q&A)] (June 2017)
June 2017 pages 3-5 Important Moderate (Conscious) Sedation Updates This article discusses the important changes made to the reporting of moderate (conscious) sedation services (hereinafter, termed moderate sedation) in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2017 code set. In 2014, the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel and the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) convened a joint workgroup to discuss correct reporting of moderate sedation services. This workgroup was formed after Medicare claims data showed that anesthesia services were being reported for codes that included moderate sedation as inherent to the work of the physician...
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