Please note this question was answered in 2022. The coding advice may or may not be outdated.
Conscious sedation 99152/99153 rules
Date: Dec 27, 2022
Question:
Are the CMS rules still the same regarding billing of codes 99152/99153 and "the physician must oversee the trained observer, and the trained observer can have no other duties during the procedure"?
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