Anesthesia Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
C-section + Tubal Ligation = Single Anesthesia Code
Published on Tue Mar 08, 2022
Question: I am new to anesthesia coding and need to know how to code when a patient has a C-section and tubal during the same session. I have a denial from a payer as we used the sterilization ICD-10 code, and they want the matching CPT® code. I see that code 01961 represents cesarean delivery only. Do we bill both 01961 for the C-section and 00851 for the tubal? Maryland Subscriber Answer: You should bill 01961 (Anesthesia for cesarean delivery only) with the total time for the c-section and tubal ligation. You would not bill the tubal ligation separately unless the tubal ligation occurred at a later time, which is not usually the case.
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