tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 2

Conscious Sedation: Capture Pay for Sedation by Surgeon

Bill service as stand-alone code, or with other procedure code. You just read in the preceding article that CPT® 2017 surgical codes no longer include moderate (conscious) sedation. That means you’ll need to know how to bill for the service if your surgeon performs the work. Read on to get the update on CPT® 2017 moderate sedation codes, and how to use the revisions to get all the pay you deserve. Learn Deleted, New Codes CPT® 2017 deletes moderate sedation codes 99143-99150, and replaces them with new codes 99151-99157. Meet new codes: The first three new codes in...

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