Concurrent Modifiers
Anesthesia services performed personally by an anesthesiologist
What is -AA
Induction or administration of drug to obtain partial or complete loss of sensation
What is anesthesia?
Largest section of the 6 CPT manual sections
What is surgery section?
May appear before subsections, subheadings, categories, and subcategories
What are notes?
These are the 3 parts of a surgery bundled into surgical package
What are preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative?
Medical direction of 2, 3, or 4 concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals
What is -QK?
What is General anesthesia?
Helpful information with parentheses
What are parenthetical expression or phrases?
Considered unusual, experimental, or new and do not have a specific CPT code assigned
What are unlisted procedures?
Usually 90 days for major surgery and 10 days for minor surgery
What is the global period?
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is providing anesthesia services under the medical direction of a physician.
What is -QX?
medical procedure that involves injecting medication into the epidural spaces between the vertebrae
What is Epidural Anesthesia?
CPT code that can be assigned to report a surgical tray
What is 99070?
Procedures that, when performed at the same time as a major procedure, are considered incidental and not reported separately
What are separate procedures?
What the Subsections in the surgery section are usually divided into
What is the medical specialty, body system, or anatomical site?
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) service without medical direction of a physician
What is -QZ?
type of anesthesia used during surgeries that involves placing a tube into the trachea for ventilation
What is Endotrachael anesthesia?
HCPCS code that can be assigned to report a surgical tray
What is A4550?
Surgery "General Subsection" codes are divided based on this criteria.
What is if imaging guidance was used?
Symbol that indicates new or revised text within the current cpt manual
What is the triangle?
Unlisted anesthesia procedure code
What is 01999?
Injection of local anesthetic that involves the injection of an anesthetic drug into the subarachnoid space around the spinal cord
What is Spinal Anesthesia?
Use of a needle and syringe to withdraw fluid
What is aspiration?
Through the skin
What is percutaneous?