The obstetrician requested that our anesthesiologist be on standby during delivery of twins because she was concerned that a c-section might be necessary. My first thought was 99360, physician standby. I did not choose 99464, which reads "attendance at delivery...and initial stabilization of newborn" because our anesthesiologist literally just stood there without doing anything else. Is that correct? Thanks - we are fairly new at being involved with Ob anesthesia and any subsequent Ob requests.
ADDENDUM: We are contracted to provide 24 hour in-house coverage. Does this make us exempt because the CPT Coding Expert states that 99360 "...Excludes On-call services ordered by the hospital"?
Thanks for any responses.
ADDENDUM: We are contracted to provide 24 hour in-house coverage. Does this make us exempt because the CPT Coding Expert states that 99360 "...Excludes On-call services ordered by the hospital"?
Thanks for any responses.
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