You Be the Coder:
Choose Modifiers Carefully for Correct Coding of Consecutive Cases
Published on Mon Jul 10, 2023
Question: A 27-year-old patient who was 40 weeks pregnant presented to the ER and, on examination, was found to be contracting every six minutes with discomfort during the contractions. She was transferred to a delivery room, and anesthesia was called to place a labor epidural catheter for a full-term, uncomplicated delivery. The epidural was placed by the anesthesiologist at 12:21 [...]