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Patient has history of HTN on HTN meds. The patient's BP is up on date of surgery and anesthesiologist tries giving pt some Fentanyly and Versed while they are waiting for the surgeon to arrive to see if maybe it is just nerves causing BP to be more elevated than usual. Medication does not work and patient states she feels like she may be having a panic attack (which she has a history of) and case is cancelled by anesthesiologist by the time the surgeon arrives.
Would this be billable as a discontinued case or totally non-billable? I am still fairly new to anesthesia and most cases we have similar to this, the anesthesiologist just writes no charge on slip.
Thank you
Would this be billable as a discontinued case or totally non-billable? I am still fairly new to anesthesia and most cases we have similar to this, the anesthesiologist just writes no charge on slip.
Thank you