Numbers Game
Global period for a major surgery
90
Code levels are chosen for outpatient office visits by these two methods.
Medical Decision Making (MDM)
or
Time
This type of modifier indicates the patient's condition at the time anesthesia was administered
Physical status
How most Surgery subsections are defined
Medical specialty or body system
The symbol before a code that indicates the description has been revised.
Triangle
99100 is an example of this
Qualifying circumstance
The request of advice or opinion from one physician to another physician
Consultation
Anesthesia codes are divided first by this.
Anatomic site
Codes that identify services for which there is no cpt code
Unlisted
These are usually added on a service-by-service basis.
Surgical complications.
Modifier used when a physician provides nonbundled E/M service at the same time the patient is receiving critical care services
25
The level of risk when the presenting problem is a bee sting
Minimal
The payment formula for anesthesia.
B+T+M x CF
Special reports should define or describe these three things.
Nature, extent and need.
Common throughout the cpt manual; may appear before subsections, categories etc.
Notes.
The age of a neonate
28 days or younger
Age determines the extent of the exam when a physician performs this type of service.
Preventive care.
This is coded when multiple procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration.
The code representing the most complex procedure.
This should accompany a claim when an unlisted code is used.
Special report
Modifier that indicates an unrelated procedure during the postoperative period.
79
CPT code for materials/supplies/surgical tray
99070
The number of years within which an established patient has received professional service from the physician or another physician or the exact same specialty and subspecialty in the same group.
Three
Time begins here when calculating anesthesia time.
When the anesthesiologist begins preparing the patient.
The HCPCS code for a surgical tray.
H4550
These two words identify a minor procedure that would only be reported if it was the only service provided.
Separate procedure