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Remember These Modifiers in Separate Operative Session Scenarios

Published on Tue Sep 10, 2024

Question: An anesthesia professional performs 01967 for a single anesthetic administration. The same anesthesia professional subsequently performs 00851 during a separate operative session with a single anesthetic administration on the same date of service for the same patient. How should the anesthesia services be reported? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: In this case, you should report 01967 (Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery) [...]
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