When time is calculated for anesthesia services, the time begins when
preparing the patient to receive anesthesia
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 circumstance codes
concurrent modifiers are used to describe
number of cases an anesthesiologist is directing or supervising at one time
the anesthesia formula is
B+T+M
99100 is an example of a
qualifying circumstance code
the anesthesia status modifier that indicates the patient's condition at the time anesthsia was administered is
physical modifier
what type of nurse can administer anesthesia under the direction of an anesthesiologist?
CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist
in the anesthesia section of the CPT manual, the codes are usually divided first by which of the following?
anatomic site
the society that publishes the Relative Value Guide for anesthesia services is the
ASA
Anatomic Society of Anesthesiologist
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?
moderate (conscious) sedation
The modifier "-AA" is an example of what type of modifier?