Anesthesia Modifiers for Aetna in Oklahoma
I was doing follow up in anesthesia up until 2 months ago and switched to Pain Mgt. coding. So unless something has changed and it is different in Ohio, which I doubt it is since we all use the same CPT book/guidelines. You only need the AA modifier for Anesthesia services unless they preform MAC (monitored anesthesia care) and then it is a QS. The QY, QK and QX are only used for Medicare, Medicaid and United Healthcare, in this state.
As far as a link, I looked too and couldn't find one, but I don't have my Aetna log on at home with me. But you could check with Navinet, which I never used or Availity. They may have something... again don't have my log on info for them either. I'm surprised you didn't have to have the modifiers before. I know we have used them here for at least the 5 years I was in follow up. I will see if I can find something tomorrow and respond again, as soon as I can. If not there are much more experienced people on here than me that may be able to answer before I get a chance to look. Heather