Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations

Anesthesia Coding • Auditing • Compliance • Education

Category: Would You Code That?

  • Tuesday — Case #2: Is This Block Separately Billable? Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations Welcome to Day 2 of “Would You Code It?” Today we are looking at one of the most common questions in anesthesia coding: a peripheral nerve block is clearly documented—but does that automatically make it separately reportable? THE CASE A…

  • Monday — Case #1: The Anesthesia Time Doesn’t Make Sense Welcome to Day 1 of “Would You Code It?” We’re starting the week with something every anesthesia coder works with anesthesia time. We see a start time and a stop time. We calculate the minutes. Done. Right? Not always. Sometimes the numbers calculate perfectly—but the record still doesn’t make sense.…

  • Anesthesia Coding Cases That Make You Stop & Think If you have coded anesthesia for any length of time, you already know that the cases that look simple at first glance are sometimes the ones that make you stop and think. The code may seem obvious—until you read a little further. The anesthesia time is…