Anesthesia
One of the most critical sub-segments of any surgical medical practice is anesthesiology. Anesthesiologists play an important role in offering medical treatments that keep patients pain-free during surgeries and other procedures.
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The US anesthesiology service market was valued at USD 26.2 billion in 2021. It is projected to grow to USD 37.04 billion by 2025. As an anesthesiology practice, your growth rate will depend on the effectiveness of your anesthesia billing and coding services.
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Anesthesia codes are always bundled with the treatment or surgery codes, as anesthesia is never an independent treatment solution. That’s why this is a more complex segment to bill and code for.
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Each code will have multiple segments, depending on how many pre and post-process visits the anesthesiologist made, the extent of monitoring needed, the number of units of anesthesia administered, and more.
The documentation needed for anesthesia billing and coding services is also complex. Some of the information this has to include are:
- Pre-operative review sheets
- Time spent monitoring patients
- Post-operative review sheets
- Other bundled services offered
- Number of units of anesthesia administered
Firstsource understands how critical anesthesia billing and coding services are for any practice. That is why we have invested time and effort into understanding the practice and its legislation needs well.
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Firstsource has the expertise and knowledge to handle all these sub-segments of anesthesiology.
- Pain management
- Palliative anesthesia
- Acute-pain anesthesia
- Critical/intensive care anesthesia services
- Cardiac anesthesia
- Pediatric anesthesia
- Neuro-anesthesia
Anesthesia modifiers are a challenge by themselves. Multiple modifiers need to be appended at the end of codes depending on the types of procedures performed. Missing out on these modifiers or appending them in the wrong place can both lead to quick denials of claims.
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When claims are rejected, then the processes that follow are time-consuming and may extend the AR cycle. When claims are not paid on time, this affects the financial stability of your practice. Our anesthesia billing and coding services also works on tightening the AR cycle and ensuring your practice is paid timely. You can continue treating people and saving lives without worrying about backend bottlenecks.
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