Anesthesia Coding Alert
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CCI Adds a Little Work for Anesthesia This Time
Published on Mon Sep 01, 2008
Question: Maine Subscriber Answer: The edit has a modifier indicator of "1," so you may override the edit in certain circumstances. For example, if the anesthesiologist places a CVP and Swan Ganz, you may override the edit with modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) if documentation supports that each is in a separate location.
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