Part 1: 17 Changes Coming Your Way in CPT® 2017
A look at the CPT® 2017 pre-production file reveals that if you can get a grip on conscious sedation changes, you’ll master a massive chunk of the updates in one fell swoop. But the devil is in the...
View ArticleRule Change: If You’ve Never Reported Moderate Sedation Before, Read This
It’s time to start adjusting your brain to the new reality about moderate sedation coding. For years, you’ve trained yourself to not report your provider’s moderate sedation separately when CPT® marked...
View ArticleStart the Countdown to 2017’s New Cardiology CPT® Codes
As Cardiology Coding Alert editor, I’m craving one last post about cardiology CPT® 2017 changes before we get to the implementation date of Jan. 1, 2017. The Big 2: Moderate Sedation and Angioplasty...
View ArticleCCI Errors: Some Moderate Sedation Pay May Be Delayed Until April
Seeing the new 2017 moderate sedation codes appear among the 99,490 new National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI or CCI) edits wasn’t really a surprise, but a handful of those edits just might cause...
View ArticleProper Coding and Documentation for Moderate Sedation
Moderate sedation (99143-99150) is a drug-induced depression of consciousness. No interventions are necessary to maintain a patent airway, and cardiovascular function is usually maintained. The patient...
View ArticleModerate Sedation Calculator Comes to the Rescue
Although many factors affect procedural code selection in 2017, there is a calculator to make it easier. Beginning Jan. 1, 2017, moderate sedation services are separately billed and paid using CPT®...
View ArticleOxygen Removed from Non-Moderate Sedation Post-Procedure Monitoring
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized in the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule their proposal to remove oxygen gas supply item (SD084) from a series of...
View ArticleModerate 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...
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