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 ...

Each time that an anesthetic is rendered, the patient is assigned an ASA physical status modifier which describes the complexity of the service provided. Although many practitioners see this as simply ...

JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) publishes weekly articles on timely topics pertaining to anesthesia practice. The following is an excerpt from this week’s ...

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 ...

Mean in-network commercial allowed amounts and charges per anesthesia conversion factor are 314% and 659% of traditional Medicare rates, respectively. Medicare Advantage payments align with ...

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 ...