Invasive forms of monitoring are included in basic anesthesia administration services.

When invasive forms of monitoring services are performed, they should be reported separately according to standard CPT coding guidelines applicable to the given code and the respective CPT section in which they are listed.

Anesthesia administration services fall into the code of:

Typically, when multiple procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration, usually only the anesthesia procedure code for the most complex service and the total time for all procedures are reported.

Identify anesthesia add-on codes.

Anesthesia add-on codes describe:

Neuraxial labor anesthesia services are provided to a 30-year-old patient who had planned a vaginal delivery; however, circumstances resulted in a cesarean delivery. What anesthesia service code(s) should be reported?

Neuraxial labor anesthesia services are provided to a 30-year-old patient who had planned a vaginal delivery; however, circumstances resulted in a cesarean delivery. Following the anesthesia service code, xon a separate line, what anesthesia code(s) should be reported?

Moderate (conscious) sedation is considered an anesthesia service.

General anesthesia administered by a surgeon, who also performs concomitant procedural services for which the anesthesia is provided:

What type of anesthesia best describes the following: A drug-induced loss of consciousness by which patients are not arousable, even by painful stimulation; assistance in maintaining active airway is usually required; while requiring undivided attention of a separate provider who is well trained and appropriately licensed in the monitoring and rescue functions

What type of anesthesia best describes the following: Drug used to temporarily block large groups of sensory nerves or the spinal cord so that a pain signal cannot reach the brain, while often resulting in a blockage of motor neurons.

What type of anesthesia best describes the following: Drug used to numb sensory nerves that are in immediate proximity to their terminations.

Monitored anesthesia care includes all aspects of anesthesia care, including:

Report pain management procedures, including the insertion of an epidural catheter or the performance of a nerve block for postoperative analgesia:

Anesthesia time begins when:

All anesthesia services are reported with a code from 00100-01999 and a two-digit modifier approved for hospital outpatient use.

The physical status modifiers are found in what location:

When multiple surgical procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration, the anesthesia code representing the most complex procedure is reported. The time reported is the combined total for all procedures.

When the secondary anesthesia service is designated as an add-on procedure in the CPT code set, it should be reported separately from the primary procedure.