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Friday, January 25, 2008

Anesthesia Billing

Here's a question on anesthesia billing we received

Regarding billing for anesthesia services:

Some insurers seem to want the start and stop times in Box 19 (Medicare, for example) while others want it in the shaded area above Date of Service. Is there one place it can go that will make everyone happy?

Box 24G seems like it should always be minutes of anesthesia, except for special cases (such as 99140, etc.), but some examples online show people putting units in that box (15 min = 1 unit). Can you confirm that it should almost always be actual minutes?

I checked with several insurance carriers including Medicare, Wellmark, and Aetna. They all state that anesthesia minutes are reimbursed under units. If you submit the claim with the actual minutes they convert them into units. Some carriers have ... http://the-insurance.ucoz.com/news/anesthesia_medical_billing/2013-06-17-3520