tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 6

Invasive Line Placement: Separate Billing for Invasive Line Placement Requires Documentation

Check state laws, carrier policies for 36555, 36620, and 93503If your anesthesiologist places an invasive line before or during an operation, that's a lot of extra work that she should get paid for. But unless the anesthesia record supports a claim for an arterial line, Swan-Ganz catheter, or central venous pressure line, you may be out of luck.The most frequent problem with separate payment for invasive line placement comes with billing for arterial line (A-line) placement during a bypass operation, says Lee Broadston with BCS Consult Inc. in Waconia, Minn. It seems that some payers believe A-line placement...

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