cmacpc
Networker
I have a few cases where there is a large time gap between surgery end time and anesthesia end time ex: 0305 anes end time: 0355. And yes they are still actually monitorring the patient recording vitals etc. In the comments section on the anesthesia record "waiting for SICU bed". Yes, I know the rule placed safely etc.... So my question is can you actually bill this much extra time, or would this be more or a staffing or hospital census issue????
TIA
TIA