Anesthesia coders must carefully review medical records to determine appropriate billable elements, such as a patient’s ASA physical status classification, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants ...

You would need to append modifier 59 to tell the insurance “this is separate from the anesthesia”. Documentation from the surgeon stating he/she requested the lumbar epidural for post-op pain is ...

Anesthesiology is heading into a pivotal year, as workforce volatility, reimbursement pressure and policy shifts collide with rising surgical demand and expanding outpatient care. After a period of ...

You want to know why per person medical costs are two to 10 times as much in the United States as they are anywhere else in the world? Well, besides gazillionaire doctors and greedy drug pushers _ ...

You would need to append modifier 59 to tell the insurance “this is separate from the anesthesia”. Documentation from the surgeon stating he/she requested the lumbar epidural for post-op pain is ...