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Billing for perioperative acupuncture: current practices and future directions

Billing for perioperative acupuncture: current practices and future directions 1146203 AIM Acupuncture in MedicineStone et al. acupuncture IN MEDICINE Letter Acupuncture in Medicine 1 –3 Billing for perioperative acupuncture: © The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions current practices and future directions journals.sagepub.com/home/aim Current billing practices Current billing Alexander B Stone , 2 (outpatient acupuncture) practices (perioperative Roberta J Stack and acupuncture) 2,3 Stephanie I Cheng Acupuncture is most often provided as an outpatient service and, as a result, The protocols for the practice of peri- Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative current billing practices have been operative acupuncture have been and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s designed for outpatient practices. studied in the immediate pre- and Hospital, Boston MA, USA There are four primary current proce- post-perioperative periods, as well as Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care dural terminology (CPT) codes for intra-operatively. In the United States, & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA acupuncture (Table 1), which cover the practice of acupuncture is regu- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell multiple needle placements and iden- lated differently depending on the Medicine, New York, NY, USA tify whether the provider used electri- state. Local institutional resources cal stimulation as part of their and processes typically dictate Corresponding http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Billing for perioperative acupuncture: current practices and future directions

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1146203 AIM Acupuncture in MedicineStone et al. acupuncture IN MEDICINE Letter Acupuncture in Medicine 1 –3 Billing for perioperative acupuncture: © The Author(s) 2023 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions current practices and future directions journals.sagepub.com/home/aim Current billing practices Current billing Alexander B Stone , 2 (outpatient acupuncture) practices (perioperative Roberta J Stack and acupuncture) 2,3 Stephanie I Cheng Acupuncture is most often provided as an outpatient service and, as a result, The protocols for the practice of peri- Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative current billing practices have been operative acupuncture have been and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s designed for outpatient practices. studied in the immediate pre- and Hospital, Boston MA, USA There are four primary current proce- post-perioperative periods, as well as Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care dural terminology (CPT) codes for intra-operatively. In the United States, & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA acupuncture (Table 1), which cover the practice of acupuncture is regu- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell multiple needle placements and iden- lated differently depending on the Medicine, New York, NY, USA tify whether the provider used electri- state. Local institutional resources cal stimulation as part of their and processes typically dictate Corresponding

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Acupuncture in Medicine – SAGE

Published: Apr 1, 2023

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