tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 12

Anesthesia Coding: Remember 3 Foundational Points Before Adding +99100 to Your Claim

Hint: Even though Medicare won’t pay, don’t write off all other payers.  Experienced coders know that some payers won’t recognize qualifying circumstances codes (+99100-+99140), but you might have better luck with others. When you’re faced with a claim for a patient of extreme age, keep these three points in mind before adding +99100 (Anesthesia for patient of extreme age, younger than 1 year and older than 70 [List separately in addition to code for primary anesthesia procedure]) to your claim.  Know When to Consider QC Code Options  Qualifying circumstances (QC) codes represent specific...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.