Authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse ...

New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in collaboration with several other groups, are now available for the perioperative evaluation and ...

Here are best practices and guidelines for the correct coding and billing of five common gynecology procedures performed in ASCs. Here are the guidelines for locating the correct/most precise ...

Two surgical groups have updated the guidelines for bariatric surgery for the first time in three decades. The guidelines mean vastly more people are eligible for weight loss surgery. But whether ...

BARCELONA, Spain—The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued new guidelines for the cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. The guidelines, which ...

(All of these codes are to be listed separately in addition to the ASA code for the primary anesthesia procedure) Also note that these codes are not recognized by Medicare or Medicaid, but most ...