tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 6

Reader Question: Clear Up Appendix B 'Moderate Sedation' Confusion

Question: I’m confused about the moderate sedation changes. My CPT®2017 Appendix B, “Summary of Additions, Deletions, and Revisions,” says that you should not report moderate sedation separately when a provider performs both the sedation and a procedure marked with a symbol. The symbol it shows is an image of the bullseye symbol with a line through it. Does that mean all the codes marked with that symbol in the Appendix include moderate sedation? SuperCoder Subscriber Answer: The AMA, which manages the CPT® codes, has published an errata document that addresses the concern that you’ve...

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