Acute Pain Management: CPT Coding Challenges in Anesthesia
Introduction Actual pain management plays an important role in perioperative care and anesthesia. Anesthesiologists depend significantly on accurate documentation and coding for proper reimbursement and compliance, whether they are performing orthopedic surgeries or treating complicated nerve-related conditions. The specificity of coding has been greatly increased by the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 guidelines; however, there […]
