Q: We just finished our annual CPT® review for our chargemaster changes and we noticed that there are new moderate sedation codes for 2017. The code descriptions are similar, but now we don’t know when we should report the moderate sedation. Moderate sedation has run the gamut from instructions to "report separately" and “don’t report separately,” and we don’t know what to do at this point.
Q: We are a critical access hospital and don’t get paid under the OPPS. We get reimbursed based on our cost of procedures, tests and services. Is modifier –JW (drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient) applicable to us beginning in January?
