shyde
New
I recently started coding for anesthesia and am confused on which codes to use when a provider performs an anesthesia block as the only anesthesia for a surgical procedure.
The example I have is surgery for an inguinal hernia repair (cpt 49650) and the anesthesiologist did an intrathecal block (site: interspace L2-3) This was a single injection. If general anesthesia was given for this particular surgical case the anesthesia code would be 00840. I am just not sure how to find the code for the intrathecal block. The only time I have used a block code is for post op pain management.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The example I have is surgery for an inguinal hernia repair (cpt 49650) and the anesthesiologist did an intrathecal block (site: interspace L2-3) This was a single injection. If general anesthesia was given for this particular surgical case the anesthesia code would be 00840. I am just not sure how to find the code for the intrathecal block. The only time I have used a block code is for post op pain management.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.