Musculoskeletal System Surgery – Coding Guidelines:
General Guidelines: Anesthesia: Local anesthesia administered by a physician to perform any musculoskeletal procedure is considered as an inclusive procedure and should not be billed separately. The section is divided by the anatomical site (General, Head, Neck, Back, etc) Under that subsections are based on procedures like, · Incision (A surgical cut), · Excision (Removing), […]
Medicine Section
Each code is specific to the type of anti-infective administered, with 90399 reserved for an immune globulin that is not described in a code.
Anesthesia
Anesthesia codes are grouped anatomically, beginning with the head. Many anesthesia codes indicate “not otherwise specified.”