Question

Year-old fell on broken glass and required suturing of a laceration. due to age and combative behavior of the patient, the physician utilized moderate sedation while repairing the laceration. the physician gave the child 50 mg of ketamine im. a nurse monitored the patient during the procedure which took 30 minutes. what cpt® code is reported for moderate sedation?

Answer 1

What is clear here is that sedation was provided by a physician or other qualified health care professional. Read at the CPT Coding Changes For Moderate Sedation in 2017. It states there will be several codes for moderate sedation. Your statement of the case is not complete, as age is important. The codes for moderate sedation is 99151 to 99157.