Types of Anesthesia
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Misc
100
For extensive surgeries and involves the administration of anesthetic agents that are inhaled or administered by IV
What is General Anesthesia
100
The patient, an otherwise healthy male, underwent an amputation of the leg located midway down the femur. Give the anesthesia (only) code and any relevant modifiers.
What is 01232-P1?
100
Anesthesia for diagnostic arthroscopic procedure of the knee joint.
What is 01382
100
MAC
What is Monitored Anesthesia Care
100
Pluto
What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog?
200
Local anesthestic injecting into the caudal canal which is the sacral portion of the spinal canal; anesthetized area is the umbilicus, below the nave;
What is Caudal Anesthesia or Saddle Block Anesthesia
200
Ima J. Walker, a healthy female, underwent a cesarean section. Code for the anesthesia only and any relevant modifiers.
What is 01961-P1?
200
Anesthesia for bilateral vasectomy.
What is 00921
200
ESWL
What is Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy
200
Modifier QZ
What is CRNA service without medical direction by physician
300
Subcutaneous injection of local anesthetic in area bordering the field to be anesthetized
What is Field Block
300
The patient underwent a TURP procedure. He is in poor health with prostate cancer which has metastasized to the lungs. Assign the anesthesia code and any modifiers.
What is 00914-P4?
300
Anesthesia for tracheobronchial reconstruction
What is 00539
300
OLV
What is One Lung Ventilation
300
Modifier AA
What is Anesthesia services performed personaly by an anesthesiologist
400
Local anesthesia injected into the epidural space where it acts primarily on spinal nerve roots; areas include the abdomen, chest, and large regions of the body.
What is Epidural anesthesia
400
Seth Tindel was born with a deformity of the heart which necessitates a heart transplant. This 9-month-old child is now in critical condition and will not survive the night without the procedure. A heart is found and the emergency procedure is a success. Code the anesthesia and any relevant modifiers and qualifying circumstances code(s).
What is 00580-P5, 99100, 99140?
400
Daily hospital management of epidural, continuous drug administration.
What is 01996
400
CNS
What is Central Nervous System
400
Qualifying Circumstances Codes can be found in both the Anesthesia Guideline and the _____ section of CPT
What is Medicine
500
Injection of local anesthetic in the vicinity of a nerve plexus
What is Plexus Anesthesia
500
Sarah Lee, a 74-year-old woman with type II diabetes which is controlled with medication, was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus and underwent a radical abdominal hysterectomy. Assign the code for the anesthesia and include any relevant modifiers or qualifiying circumstance codes. Also include the code for the surgery itself.
What is 00846-P2, 99100, and 58210?
500
Assign a CPT anesthesia code for repair of cleft palate.
What is 00172
500
CRNA
What is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
500
Time reporting formula for Anesthesia
What is [code-specific base unit value + anesthesia time unit(s) + modifying unit(s)] x locality-specific anesthesia conversion factor
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