Cpt Codes Anesthesia

Front 1

Right knee arthroscopy with repair of medial meniscus, right knee

Back 1

Knee and Popliteal

Hint 1

01400

Front 2

Flexible bronchoscopy

Back 2

Intrathoracic

Hint 2

00520

Front 3

Suction curettage for missed abortion

Back 3

Obstetric

Hint 3

01965

Front 4

Transurethral resection of the prostate

Back 4

Perineum

Hint 4

00914

Front 5

Cardiac catheterization

Back 5

Radiological procedures

Hint 5

01920

Front 6

Carpal tunnel release

Back 6

Forearm, wrist, and Hand

Hint 6

01810

Front 7

Blepharoplasty

Back 7

Head

Hint 7

00103

Front 8

Lumbar Puncture

Back 8

Spine and Spinal Cord

Hint 8

00635

Front 9

Bilateral tubal ligation via laparoscope

Back 9

Lower Abdominal

Hint 9

00851

Front 10

Blank is the medical monitoring of blood for hemoglobin, a special protein in the blood that is vital to carrying oxygen to different parts of the body.

Back 10

Pulse oximetry

Front 11

ECG, temperature, blood pressure and oximetry are

Back 11

are all bundled into the anesthesia code

Front 12

Blank is a medical procedure that renders a patient unconscious through the use of drugs and gas. Frequently used to allow fast and painless surgeries or medical procedures, blank is a common tool in the medical world. Unlike local anesthesia, which numbs or dulls pain in a specific area, blank affects the whole body. Most people under this type of blank experience no surgical pain and have no memory of the medical procedure.

Back 12

General anesthesia

Front 13

Blank only numbs a small portion of a person’s body.

Back 13

Regional anesthesia

Front 14

Blank is a type of treatment or medication used to provide analgesia, or pain relief, to a specific area of the body

Back 14

Local anesthesia

Front 15

The code for basic anesthesia service, 01210, would be augmented by the codes for unusual forms of monitoring—central venous line would be what?

Back 15

Index: Central Venous Catheter, Placement.
Insertion, Central 36555...
According to the table, the patient is equal to and greater than 5

Hint 15

36556

Front 16

arterial catheterization

Back 16

Index: Arterial Catheterization; Cannulation Arterial

Hint 16

36620

Front 17

To insert a blank into (a bodily cavity, duct, or vessel), as for the drainage of fluid or the administration of medication

Back 17

cannula

Front 18

An intravenous (blank) is used to give medical personnel access to a patient’s vein for the withdrawal of fluid or insertion of medicine or other fluids

Back 18

Cannula

Front 19

When the physician administers regional or general anesthesia and performs the surgery, the modifier blank (anesthesia by surgeon) is appended to the appropriate procedure code.

Back 19

47

Front 20

When a second physician provides moderate conscious sedation in a nonfacility setting then this physician can report a moderate conscious sedation code.

Back 20

False

Front 21

The anesthesia code for the most complex procedure is assigned when multiple procedures are performed during the same operative session under the same type of anesthesia

Back 21

True

Front 22

Preoperative and postoperative visits by the anesthesiologist can be reported in addition to the administration of the anesthesia.

Back 22

False

Front 23

is an illness that affects several parts of the body or the complete system. Treatment for blank is considered long-term and generally focuses on controlling symptoms and preventing secondary conditions and complications. Blank can affect individuals of any age, background, or ethnicity. Complications can occur if systemic diseases are left untreated, therefore, open dialogue with a healthcare professional, treatment compliance, and regular checkups are essential.

Back 23

systemic disease

Front 24

Anesthesia Formula

Back 24

basic units + time units + modifying units (B + T + M) = total units

total units x anesthesia conversion factor = reimbursement

Front 25

a procedure in which a doctor surgically sews a pregnant woman’s cervix closed.

Back 25

cervical cerclage

Front 26

a medical procedure designed to replace or partially replace a joint. blank is mostly used to reconstruct the hip, knee, and shoulder joints, as well as the joints in the hands and feet.

Back 26

Arthroplasty

Front 27

blank is a type of medical test done to examine a person's lungs. In some cases, the procedure can be performed to treat a person or to take a sample from the lungs. Unlike a rigid bronchoscopy, the patient is usually awake during a blank. The procedure is performed using a thin tube called a bronchoscope with a small camera on one end.

Back 27

Flexible bronchoscopy

Front 28

is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole.[1] Although most medical conditions will eventually involve multiple organs in advanced stage (e.g. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome), diseases where multiple organ involvement is at presentation[ambiguous] or in early stage are considered elsewhere.

Back 28

A systemic disease

Front 29

Anesthesia Formula

Back 29

basic units + time units + modifying units (B + T + M) = total units

total units x anesthesia conversion factor = reimbursement

Front 30

An 84-year-old female (qualifying circumstance for extreme age, value 1) with severe hypertension (severe systemic disease) had a 4 cm malignant lesion removed from her left knee (basic value of 3). The total time of anesthesia service was 60 minutes (4 units). The anesthesiologist documented in the medical record that the patient’s physical status at the time of the procedure was P3 (relative value of 1).

Back 30

Basic units (B) = 3
Time units (T) = 4
Modifying units (M): physical status = 1; extreme age = 1

B T M
3 + 4 + 2 = 9 total relative value units

Front 31

a broad term describing a condition where a person ends up with too much sugar, or glucose, in their bloodstream, and not enough getting into their cells to be burned as energy. Although all types of diabetes have the same end result, there are vastly different conditions that fall under the umbrella of this term.

Back 31

Diabetes mellitus

Front 32

in pregnancy describes a condition where women have excess levels of protein in urine, and where they have high blood pressure.

Back 32

pre-eclempsia

Front 33

commonly known as a heart attack, is the irreversible necrosis of heart muscle secondary to prolonged ischemia. This usually results from an imbalance in oxygen supply and demand, which is most often caused by plaque rupture with thrombus formation in a coronary vessel, resulting in an acute reduction of blood supply to a portion of the myocardium.

Back 33

myocardial infarction

Front 34

Plaque can build up along the inside walls of the coronary arteries of the heart. This disorder is known as

Back 34

coronary atherosclerosis or coronary artery disease

Front 35

you receive local or general anesthetic. Your surgeon makes an incision along the front of your neck, opens your carotid artery and removes the plaques that are clogging your artery. Your surgeon then repairs the artery with stitches or a patch made with a vein or artificial material (patch graft).

Back 35

carotid endarterectomy

Front 36

a condition that occurs when fatty, waxy deposits build up in one of the arteries located on each side of your neck

Back 36

carotid artery disease

Front 37

Blank is the process by which blood is changed to a solid state. It is what stops the bleeding after an injury to the blood vessels occurs.

Back 37

Hemostasis

Front 38

can be a challenging condition that occurs in the uncircumcised male. It affects the foreskin, which covers the penis, and it means that the foreskin can either barely be moved or can only be pulled back a small amount.

Back 38

Phimosis

Front 39

Anesthesia: genitalia

Back 39

Perinum

Front 40

Anesthesia Modifiers

Back 40

AA Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
AD Medical supervision by a physician for more than four concurrent anesthesia services
QK Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals
QS Monitored anesthesia services
QX Certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) service with medical direction by a physician
QY Certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) and anesthesiologist are involved in a single procedure and the physician is performing the medical direction
QZ Certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) service without medical direction by a physician

Front 41

Anesthesiologist steps:
Practice Part 1 A

Back 41

1. CPT Code, 00290, 2. Modifier in HCPCS Level ** page 23, AA, 3. Physical Staus Modifer in the CPT book, P1, Qualifying Circustance in the CPT book, finally, Appdendix A in the CPT book, 23.
(00920-AA-P1-23)

Front 42

Anesthesia Code Assignment

Back 42

1. Carefully read and review the medical record
2. Find the code in the CPT Index
3. Verify the code in the Anesthesia Numeric List
4. Review and select appropriate Anesthesia Modifier
5. Add the appropriate Physical Status Modifier as documented by the anesthesiologist
6. Review the record for any special circumstances requiring an Appendix A modifier
7. Review the record for any Qualifying Circumstances and, if necessary, select a Qualifying Circumstances code
8. Assign anesthesia code

Front 43

Anesthesia for circumcision, performed by anesthesiologist personally, in a normal healthy patient; anesthesia not normally used for this procedure.

Back 43

1. CPT book, page 43, Anesthesiology, Perineum (00902-00952); 00920
2. HCPCS-Appendix 2-Modifiers, (AA)
3. CPT- Physical Status Modifiers; A normal health patient, P1.
4. CPT-Appendix A Modifiers, 23, unusual Anesthesia.
Answer: 00920-AA-P1-23

Front 44

Blank is a condition in which the heart rate per minute is less than the usual sixty to one hundred beats common for adults. The lack of a sufficient amount of beats per minute can lead to a number of health issues, most of them related to less oxygen-rich blood being pumped to various points around the body. There are several health issues that may trigger bradycardia, most of which can be corrected without surgery.

Back 44

Bradycardia

Front 45

Blank, also known as afib, is a term used to describe a disorder of the heart. Blank is a form of cardiac arrhythmia, which means that the heart’s normal beating rhythm is interrupted. The condition may be permanent, may come and go without treatment, or may be stopped only with treatment.

Back 45

Atrial fibrillation

Front 46

is a total absence of heart rhythm. When the heart is in asystole, it has stopped beating, or electrical activity is occurring on such a low level that it cannot be detected with an electrocardiograph.

Back 46

Asystole

Front 47

pacemaker insertion is under?

Back 47

Intrathoracic

Front 48

A blank is a pacing electrode that is inserted into a vein in either the right or left atrium. This procedure typically takes place after a patient has been diagnosed with severe bradycardia. It is a potentially life-threatening medical condition that can result in cardiac arrest. When this happens, the heart rate can drop below 50 beats a minute. The transvenous pacemaker can work to increase the beat rate, but it

Back 48

transvenous pacemaker

Front 49

Blank cases are caused by a family of viruses called enteroviruses. Sometimes other viruses can cause it as well, including the herpes virus and certain mosquito-borne viruses. Most people are actually semi-immune to many of the viruses that can cause viral meningitis, so even if they are exposed, they usually won’t become sick.

The meninges are blood-filled membranes that protect a person’s spinal cord and the area around their brain. Blank is what happens when the meninges become infected with a virus. There are other kinds of "M" that aren’t viral, but the viral variety is more common. Several different viruses have the potential to cause blank.

Back 49

Most viral meningitis

Front 50

is a surgery to remove part of the prostate gland

Back 50

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

Hint 50

A TURP is done when a man has an enlarged, noncancerous prostate. This is called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) . In BPH, the prostate grows larger and presses against the urethra and bladder. The pressure can cause problems with the normal flow of urine.

Front 51

Transurethral drainage of prostatic abscess

Back 51

CPT: Drainage, Prostate

Hint 51

52700

Front 52

This patient was diagnosed with a prostatic abscess

Back 52

Abscess, Prostate, 601.2

Front 53

There are two great arteries, the blank and blank. Normally, the pulmonary artery carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. The aorta carries blood from the left ventricle to the vessels of the rest of the body.

Back 53

the pulmonary artery and the aorta.

Front 54

Anesthesia: lobectomy

Back 54

thoracotomy section

Front 55

heart transplant

Back 55

Intrathoracic

Front 56

laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cholangiography for acute cholecystitis.

Back 56

Upper Abdomen

Front 57

fracture of humerus

Back 57

Upper Arm and Elbow

Front 58

radical mastectomy

Back 58

Thorax and Shoulder

Front 59

A neonatal patient is brought to the operating room for repair of complete transposition of the great arteries. An anesthesiologist administered the anesthesia. The infant is in critical condition and may not survive (P5).

Back 59

Correct Answer:00560-AA-P5, 99100, 99140

Front 60

Anesthesia services for partial nephrectomy in a patient with renal cell carcinoma (P4). The 45-year-old patient also has mild coronary artery disease and hypertension treated with medication. An anesthesiologist administered the anesthesia.

Back 60

Correct Answer:00862-AA-P4