tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 28

How Can You Bill for Aborted Anesthesia?

4 tips for billing for anesthesia with canceled procedures If the surgeon or anesthesiologist cancels a procedure halfway through, it can be tricky to receive payment (see story , "The Patient Is Sedated, the Surgeon Calls It Quits: What Should You Bill?"). But here are a few tips:   Don't bill for aborted anesthesia if the procedure happens again the next day. "That's going to look really funny," says Barbara Johnson with Loma Linda University Anesthesiology Medical Group in Loma Linda, Calif.   It will especially look suspicious to Medicare if you bill for a consult one day...

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