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Wiki Moderate sedation services

Hello, When you bill out codes 99151-99157, you enter this on the professional claim of the provider who performed the service...correct? Lets say, it was during a ESI 62323 and the MD that did the injection, and they had a RN that was administrating the moderate sedation service. We would...
- 574coding
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- Mar 28, 2018
- 99152 conscious sedation moderate sedation
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Anesthesia
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Wiki Preventive Screening Colonoscopy with Conscious Sedation going to deductible

I have been seeing a lot of conscious sedation codes (G0500/99152/99153) on preventive screening colonoscopy's (G0121/45378, with Z12.11) that are going to the patients deductible. The colonoscopy itself is being paid at 100% but not the sedation codes. I'm not sure why this is, I have been...
- Janelle926
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- May 18, 2017
- colonoscopy conscious sedation preventive colonoscopy
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Gastroenterology
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Wiki Conscious Sedation by NP

I have a physician that is trying to code/bill for having the NP perform CS--99144 & 99145. Also, he believes there is an RVU attached to these codes by CMS which I was able to research and find out was not correct. It is my understanding per the guidelines (CMS) that CS is either performed by...
- Juliette0416
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- Dec 15, 2009
- conscious sedation nonphysician providers
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Anesthesia

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