Chapter 11: CPT Anesthesia
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Terms in this set (40)
Burn Excisions or For code 01951 AA P1, go to CPT index main term
Debridement: A 59-year- Anesthesia, subterm Burns, and qualifier
old healthy female Debridement and/or Excision. Review the range of
chemical factory worker codes in the Burn Excision or Debridement
sustained second- subsection of the Anesthesia section and select the
degree burns due to a appropriate code. Add modifiers AA (Anesthesia
caustic chemical spill to services performed personally by anesthesiologist)
her left arm. Three and P1 (Normal healthy patient).
percent of her body was
burned. She received
general anesthesia
during burn excision.
, For codes 01952 AA P3, 01953 AA P3, 01953 AA P3,
01953 AA P3, go to CPT index main term
Anesthesia, subterm Burns, and qualifier
Debridement and/or Excision. Review codes in the
Burn Excision or Debridement subsection of the
Burn Excisions or
Anesthesia section and select the appropriate
Debridement: A healthy
codes. Add modifiers AA (Anesthesia services
firefighter sustained
performed personally by anesthesiologist) and P3
severe second-degree
(Patient with severe systemic disease) to each code.
burns over 35 percent of
Note: Code 01952 is assigned for 9 percent of this
his body while on duty.
patient's 35 percent total body burn, 35 - 9 = 26.
He received general
Code 01953 is added x 3 to reflect the remaining 26
anesthesia during the
percent. Code 01953 is an add-on code, which
burn debridement. , ,
means modifier 51 is not added to the code. In CPT,
the 9 percent described in code 01953 is
interpreted as "up to 9 percent," which is why code
01953 is reported x 3 (even though the percentage
for the last code is 8).
, For code 01922 AA P3, For code 01920 AA P2, go to CPT index main term
go to CPT index main Anesthesia and subterm Cardiac Catheterization.
term Anesthesia, Verify the code in the Radiological Procedures
subterm Radiological subsection of the Anesthesia section. Add
Procedures, and qualifier modifiers AA (Anesthesia services performed
Radiation Therapy. personally by anesthesiologist) and P2 (Patient with
Review the range of mild systemic disease).
codes in the
Radiological Procedures
subsection of the
Anesthesia section and
select the appropriate
code. Add modifiers AA
(Anesthesia services
performed personally by
anesthesiologist) and P3
(Patient with severe
systemic disease).
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Terms in this set (40)
Burn Excisions or For code 01951 AA P1, go to CPT index main term
Debridement: A 59-year- Anesthesia, subterm Burns, and qualifier
old healthy female Debridement and/or Excision. Review the range of
chemical factory worker codes in the Burn Excision or Debridement
sustained second- subsection of the Anesthesia section and select the
degree burns due to a appropriate code. Add modifiers AA (Anesthesia
caustic chemical spill to services performed personally by anesthesiologist)
her left arm. Three and P1 (Normal healthy patient).
percent of her body was
burned. She received
general anesthesia
during burn excision.
, For codes 01952 AA P3, 01953 AA P3, 01953 AA P3,
01953 AA P3, go to CPT index main term
Anesthesia, subterm Burns, and qualifier
Debridement and/or Excision. Review codes in the
Burn Excision or Debridement subsection of the
Burn Excisions or
Anesthesia section and select the appropriate
Debridement: A healthy
codes. Add modifiers AA (Anesthesia services
firefighter sustained
performed personally by anesthesiologist) and P3
severe second-degree
(Patient with severe systemic disease) to each code.
burns over 35 percent of
Note: Code 01952 is assigned for 9 percent of this
his body while on duty.
patient's 35 percent total body burn, 35 - 9 = 26.
He received general
Code 01953 is added x 3 to reflect the remaining 26
anesthesia during the
percent. Code 01953 is an add-on code, which
burn debridement. , ,
means modifier 51 is not added to the code. In CPT,
the 9 percent described in code 01953 is
interpreted as "up to 9 percent," which is why code
01953 is reported x 3 (even though the percentage
for the last code is 8).
, For code 01922 AA P3, For code 01920 AA P2, go to CPT index main term
go to CPT index main Anesthesia and subterm Cardiac Catheterization.
term Anesthesia, Verify the code in the Radiological Procedures
subterm Radiological subsection of the Anesthesia section. Add
Procedures, and qualifier modifiers AA (Anesthesia services performed
Radiation Therapy. personally by anesthesiologist) and P2 (Patient with
Review the range of mild systemic disease).
codes in the
Radiological Procedures
subsection of the
Anesthesia section and
select the appropriate
code. Add modifiers AA
(Anesthesia services
performed personally by
anesthesiologist) and P3
(Patient with severe
systemic disease).
