NAC616C.146. Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists: Adoption by reference; annual review by Administrator; compliance required; use.

     1. Anesthesiologists who treat injured employees pursuant to this chapter and chapter 616C of NRS shall comply with the most recently published edition of or update to the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, which the Division hereby adopts by reference.

     2. The Administrator will, on or before February 1 of each year, review the most recently published edition of or update to the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Each new edition of or update to the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists shall be deemed approved by the Division for use in this State on February 1 of each year, unless a notice of disapproval of the edition or update is posted pursuant to this subsection by the immediately preceding February 1. If the Administrator wishes to disapprove a new edition of or update to the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, he or she will:

     (a) Post a notice of disapproval at the largest public library in each county, the State Library and Archives, the Grant Sawyer Office Building located at 555 East Washington Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, and all offices of the Division; and

     (b) Send a notice to each person included on the mailing list that the Division is required to maintain pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 233B.0603.

Ê If the Administrator disapproves an edition of or update to the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the edition or update that was most recently adopted by reference or deemed approved pursuant to this section will continue in effect.

     3. A copy of the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, as adopted by reference pursuant to subsection 1, may be purchased from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-2573, [phone], for the price of $25.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an anesthesiologist shall use the codes that are stated in the Relative Value Guide of the American Society of Anesthesiologists for each procedure which he or she bills and submits to an insurer. If a code for a procedure performed by an anesthesiologist is not provided in the Guide, the anesthesiologist shall use the code provided for that procedure in the Relative Values for Physicians, as adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 616C.145, using the appropriate conversion factor for the code that is assigned to that procedure.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Industrial Relations, eff. 3-15-84; A 11-30-84; 3-17-86, eff. 3-22-86; 2-18-88; 7-20-89; 8-30-91; 1-24-92, eff. 12-31-91; A by Div. of Industrial Relations, 10-11-93; 3-5-96; R121-97, 12-10-97, eff. 1-1-98; R090-99, 10-28-99; R105-00, 1-18-2001, eff. 3-1-2001; R118-02, 9-7-2005)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 616C.194)