CPT^® 00846, Under Anesthesia for Procedures on the Lower Abdomen

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 00846 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Procedures on the Lower Abdomen.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing a radical hysterectomy in which the surgical provider removes the uterus along with the surrounding structures.

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G5, P3 with Symptomatic subserous uterin firbroid, pelvic pain

I haven't coded man OB/GYN cases. I don't know what G5, P3 refers to. Can anyone help me with this? I believe the dx should be D25.2, R87.619, Z80.41, but should I add a dx for enlarged uterus? I ... [ Read More ]

2016 Anesthesia PQRS

Yes, it seems if you use registry reporting you would use 4559F & 4255F, but I haven't had chance to review any articles describing how this revised measure is reported. It seems they did away with ... [ Read More ]

Nevada Medicaid multiple procedures

I am currently having an issue with NV state Medicaid. Per their coding guidelines they do not allow the modifier 59. I have had a couple of cases with them billing an anesthesia code 00846, injectio... [ Read More ]

PQRS Measure #193

You would report G9363 as standalone G9363: Duration of monitored anesthesia care (MAC) or peripheral nerve block (PNB) without the use of general anesthesia during an applicable procedure [B][U]or g... [ Read More ]

Robotic Hysterectomy with Staging

I was wondering if a Robotic Hysterectomy with Staging would be considered a Radical Hysterectomy, code 00846 (8 units) or would you code it as a regular hysterectomy, code 00840 (6 units). Any help ... [ Read More ]

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