Can you explain further why botox injections might be considered an OBS procedure?
If botox injections are done without any sedation or light sedation (giving a “small amount of a benzodiazepine for anxiety would be an example of either ‘light sedation’ or anxiolysis), then the office would not be required to be accredited for that procedure. If, however, the patient was sedated to the point of a change in vital signs resulting from the sedating medication, then the office WOULD be required to obtain accreditation in order to continue to do this procedure after July 15, 2009.
