Anesthesia Coding Alert

Plus: Prepare for changes to 77003, too.

Although you won't report new or revised CPT® codes until January 2012, prepare yourself -- and your anesthesia providers -- now for revisions that can affect your everyday coding, such as the rewording of two popular epidural codes.

Examine the Descriptor Differences

The primary changes apply to epidural codes 62310 and 62318. The current and upcoming descriptors are as follows:

The new descriptors incorporate several changes:

• 62310 clarifies that it can be used for more than one single injection.
• 62310 no longer mentions the possible use for epidurography. "Epidurography is a separate procedure that doesn't [...]
  
  - Published on 2011-11-07