tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2000 Issue 9

You be the Coder: Conscious Sedation

Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer.Question: What is the correct way to code conscious sedation? I work for eight emergency department (ED) physicians who all code differently. Some say code for pain; some say for procedures only. Teri Chapman StrayhornBigfork, Mont.Answer: Conscious sedation codes 99141 and 99142 (sedation with or without analgesia [conscious sedation]) are recognized CPT codes but are treated differently by individual carriers. Medicare assigns these codes a B status, which means they are bundled into whatever procedural service they are...

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