Here are the anesthesia claims modifiers and guidance for when to report them, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

Here are the anesthesia claims modifiers and guidance for when to report them, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s Medicare Claims Processing Manual.

You would need to append modifier 59 to tell the insurance “this is separate from the anesthesia”. Documentation from the surgeon stating he/she requested the lumbar epidural for post-op pain is ...

You want to know why per person medical costs are two to 10 times as much in the United States as they are anywhere else in the world? Well, besides gazillionaire doctors and greedy drug pushers _ ...