SummaryTo clarify one of the more confusing issues in anesthesia, we offer an overview of the documentation requirements for and distinctions between three types of anesthesia postoperative visits: 1) Conditions of Participation; 2) anesthesia postoperative evaluation; and 3) postoperative pain follow-up evaluation..One of the issues in anesthesia ...

As we noted in our eAlert on the topic, the medical community's transition to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th revision (ICD-10) has, contrary to expectations, gone fairly well so far. In fact, it has gone much better than anticipated, with rates of claims denials remaining essentially unchanged before a...

Summary The transition from paper-based anesthesia records to electronic anesthesia records has created new coding and billing challenges for anesthesia groups. Expanded clinical documentation requirements now require coders to access the preoperative note, intraoperative note, operative report and postoperative note. Problems with access to this i...

The rules pertaining to waivers of copays are certainly worth understanding. "It is an understatement to say the consequences of inappropriate waiver practices are significant," write returning authors Frank Carsonie, JD, and Nathan Sargent, JD, in their lead article for this Communiqué.In the current era of increased federal and state governmental...

SummaryThe changes in base unit values for anesthesia services for upper and lower endoscopy procedures for 2018, along with the replacement of two endoscopy codes with five more specific codes, were expected to have a negative financial impact on many anesthesia practices. An analysis of data for a representative sample of clients across the count...