Example: PT comes in to the ED with a fracture, the fracture is reduced, but then the PT is taken to the OR by one of our facility’s Dr.’s to have surgery. We do not code our reduction in the ED because the surgery is the primary repair. So could we still code for the Moderate Sedation that was given for the reduction in the ED?
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Moderate Sedation Coding
Moderate sedation, also sometimes referred to as conscious sedation, is a drug-induced depression of consciousness. A patient who has been sedated in this way is relaxed and generally insensitive to pain, but remains awake and able to respond to verbal instruction. If medically necessary and properly documented, moderate sedation is a separately reported service. Codes […]
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Anxiety with depression and moderate depression
Anxiety with depression(F41.8) and major depressive disorder single episode moderate(F32.1), both are documented under the assessment.
In this scenario, can we capture both codes (or) F41.8 alone is enough to code?
Moderate Sedation
Major Depression moderate VS Moderate Depression
Emergency room reduction with moderate sedation
Dr. Blue sees Oliver age 25 and decides a need for a reduction to his left arm, he does the moderate sedation of 25 minutes, while Dr. White does the reduction.
Which moderate sedation code would Dr. Blue bill?
99152-sedation provided by the physician performing the reduction
99156-sedation provided by a physician not performing the reduction.
Basically is this cpt code based off of the NPI or Tax ID.
Moderate Medical Decision Making
Crna performed moderate sedation
99152- Moderate sedation
It pays somewhere between $ 11-12.
However some insurances e.g. Humana denies it.
Are there some changes I’m not aware of?
Thanks!
moderate sedation & RT support
I am in need of assistance. I work for an Endoscopy lab (in a hospital) we use moderate sedation, some of our patient require respiratory therapy support during sedation. I would usually bill this with CPT 94660 (for the use of BI-PAP) and 99152 for the first 15 minutes of moderate sedation. I’m now being told, by compliance, these services are bundled and can’t be billed together. I checked the Medicare website and can’t find documentation to support this and there are no NCCI edits that I can find. Any information or suggestion on where I can look for an answer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.