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| Short Descr | ANESTH LWR ARM EMBOLECTOMY | Medium Descr | ANES ARTERIES FOREARM WRIST & HAND EMBOLECTOMY | Long Descr | Anesthesia for procedures on arteries of forearm, wrist, and hand; embolectomy | 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) |
| 78 | Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a related procedure during the postoperative period: it may be necessary to indicate that another procedure was performed during the postoperative period of the initial procedure (unplanned procedure following initial procedure). when this procedure is related to the first, and requires the use of an operating/procedure room, it may be reported by adding modifier 78 to the related procedure. (for repeat procedures, see modifier 76.) | AA | Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist | G9 | Monitored anesthesia care for patient who has history of severe cardio-pulmonary condition | GC | This service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician | P2 | A patient with mild systemic disease | P3 | A patient with severe 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 | QK | Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals | QS | Monitored anesthesia care service | QX | Crna service: with medical direction by a physician | QY | Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist (crna) by an anesthesiologist | QZ | Crna service: without medical direction by a physician | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) | 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 | 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 | XU | Unusual non-overlapping service, the use of a service that is distinct because it does not overlap usual components of the main service |
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| 2013-01-01 | Changed | Medium Descriptor changed. |
| 2011-01-01 | Changed | Short description changed. |
| Pre-1990 | Added | Code added. |
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