Wiki Conscious Sedation - appropriate to code

[ellenmmccann]

Is it or when is it appropriate to code conscious sedation when doing a closed reduction of a FX? EX: 13 year old w/ fx of radius dr. does closed reduction w/ conscious sedation.
Can I report the Conscious Sedation
Thank You,
ES

 

[ellenmmccann]

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[LLynn29]

Appendix G in the CPT code book shows the summary of codes that include moderate sedation. Hope that helps.

 

[mcnaryk]

Looking at the codes you would most likely be using to report the closed reduction for the fracture, it does not appear that moderate sedation is already included. So yes, I would report moderate sedation if done-just make sure the documentation clearly states how many minutes the patient was under sedation.