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Do You Know When an Emergency Leads to +99140?

Published on Thu Apr 07, 2022

Let these tips help guide your usage. Appending qualifying circumstances (QC) codes to a claim can help further explain your anesthesiologist’s services and boost your reimbursement — if you report them correctly. Understanding how to use +99140 (Anesthesia complicated by emergency conditions (specify) (List separately in addition to code for primary anesthesia procedure)) can be especially tricky because of the [...]
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