Ch 12: Content Review Flashcards
Anesthesia
The anesthesia status modifier that indicates the patient’s condition at the time anesthesia was administered is:
Physical
What type of nurse can administer anesthesia under the direction of an anesthesiologist?
CRNA
T/F: Local anesthesia is a type of anesthesia that provides a decrease level of consciousness.
False
Moderate or ______ sedation is a type of sedation that may be provided by the physician performing the procedure.
?? Conscious
T/F: There are various types of anesthesia, and these include general, regional, or local sedation.
True
Assign a CPT anesthesia code and applicable modifiers for anesthesia services for a 9-month-old normal child who received anesthesia for hernia repair in the lower abdomen.
00834-P1
The society that publishes “Relative Value Guide” for anesthesia services is the:
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Codes for Qualifying Circumstances are located in both the Anesthesia Guidelines and the ______ section of the CPT manual.
Medicine
The anesthesia formula is:
B + T + M
If anesthesia was provided to a patient who is not expected to survive without the surgical procedure being performed, which physical status modifier would be appended to the anesthesia code?
P5
Assign a CPT code and applicable modifiers for anesthesia services for an 81-year old patient with mild systemic disease who receives anesthesia for revision of total hip arthroplasty.
?? (not 01215-P5)
What is the type of sedation that allows a procedure to be performed without pain to the patient, but the patient is not completely asleep?
Conscious or moderate
When time is calculated for anesthesia services, the time begins when:
??
T/F: Anesthesia services include postoperative visits to the patient by the anesthesiologist.
True
Which codes begin with the number 99 and are used to indicate anesthesia services provided during situations that make the administration of the anesthesia more difficult?
Qualifying Circumstances
