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In reading the Anesthesia Coding Alert for April 2013 vol 15, No. 4. There is a question about billing for post-op pain blocks when MAC is given. I know that when the patient is given general anesthesia and the block is seperate you can bill the block. Now it states taht if the type of anesthesia utilized for the surgery was either regional or MAC only the anesthesia code for the surgery and if U/S guidance was used, that is all you can bill for. You cannot bill the block placement.
Is everyone following this?
Alicia, CPC
Is everyone following this?
Alicia, CPC