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| Short Descr | ANESTH LOWER ARM PROCEDURE | Medium Descr | ANES RADIUS ULNA WRIST/HAND BONES CLOSED PX | Long Descr | Anesthesia for all closed procedures on radius, ulna, wrist, or hand bones | Status Code | Anesthesia Service | Global Days | XXX - Global Concept Does Not Apply | PC/TC Indicator (26, TC) | 9 - Not Applicable | Multiple Procedures (51) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Bilateral Surgery (50) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Physician Supervisions | 09 - Concept does not apply. | Assistant Surgeon (80, 82) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Co-Surgeons (62) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Team Surgery (66) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Diagnostic Imaging Family | 99 - Concept Does Not Apply | APC Status Indicator | Items and Services Packaged into APC Rates | Type of Service (TOS) | 7 - Anesthesia | Berenson-Eggers TOS (BETOS) | P0 - Anesthesia | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | CCS Clinical Classification | 232 - Anesthesia |
This is a primary code that can be used with these additional add-on codes.
| 0887T | New Code for 2024 Add On Code MPFS Status: Carrier Priced APC N ASC N1 End-tidal control of inhaled anesthetic agents and oxygen to assist anesthesia care delivery (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) |
| QZ | Crna service: without medical direction by a physician | QK | Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals | QX | Crna service: with medical direction by a physician | AA | Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist | QS | Monitored anesthesia care service | X4 | Episodic/focused services: for reporting services by clinicians who provide focused care on particular types of treatment limited to a defined period and circumstance; the patient has a problem, acute or chronic, that will be treated with surgery, radiation, or some other type of generally time-limited intervention; reporting clinician service examples include but are not limited to, the orthopedic surgeon performing a knee replacement and seeing the patient through the postoperative period | P3 | A patient with severe systemic disease | 22 | Increased procedural services: when the work required to provide a service is substantially greater than typically required, it may be identified by adding modifier 22 to the usual procedure code. documentation must support the substantial additional work and the reason for the additional work (ie, increased intensity, time, technical difficulty of procedure, severity of patient's condition, physical and mental effort required). note: this modifier should not be appended to an e/m service. | 23 | Unusual anesthesia: occasionally, a procedure, which usually requires either no anesthesia or local anesthesia, because of unusual circumstances must be done under general anesthesia. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 23 to the procedure code of the basic service. | AD | Medical supervision by a physician: more than four concurrent anesthesia procedures | AQ | Physician providing a service in an unlisted health professional shortage area (hpsa) | CR | Catastrophe/disaster related | F1 | Left hand, second digit | F5 | Right hand, thumb | G9 | Monitored anesthesia care for patient who has history of severe cardio-pulmonary condition | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | GC | This service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician | GV | Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | LT | Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body) | P1 | A normal healthy patient | P2 | A patient with mild systemic disease | P4 | A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life | Q6 | Service furnished under a fee-for-time compensation arrangement by a substitute physician or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area | QY | Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist (crna) by an anesthesiologist | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) | X5 | Diagnostic services requested by another clinician: for reporting services by a clinician who furnishes care to the patient only as requested by another clinician or subsequent and related services requested by another clinician; this modifier is reported for patient relationships that may not be adequately captured by the above alternative categories; reporting clinician service examples include but are not limited to, the radiologist's interpretation of an imaging study requested by another clinician |
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