CMS has announced that anesthesia codes that include the phrase “not otherwise specified” in their descriptions (including procedure codes 00100-01996) do not meet the criteria of a non-specified ...

Over the past decade, hospital anesthesia costs have increased four- to six-fold. What was once a largely self-sustaining professional service line has quickly become one of the fastest-growing cost ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has received questions regarding changes in reporting anesthesia services following the implementation of 5010 transaction code set standards, according to an ...