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What kind of time are Anesthesia services are based on?
They are based on the time started when then anesthesiologist begins preparing that patient to receive anesthesia, continues through the procedure and ends when the patient is no longer in need of care from the anesthesiologist
What compares the anesthesia services and assigns numerical values to each service based on relative complexity?
base unit value
When time is calculated for anesthesia services the time begins when?
When the anesthesiologist begins preparing the patient to receive anesthesia.
Anesthesia services include postoperative visits to the patient by the anesthesiologist?
yes
Which codes begin with the number 99 and are used to indicated anesthesia services provided during situations that make the administration of the anesthesia more difficult?
AA
Which codes begin with the number 99 and are used to indicate anesthesia services provided during situations that make the administrations of the anesthesia more difficult?
AA
What is the national unit values for anesthesia services listed?
ASA by RVG
What is anesthesia formula?
The formula is...Code the 5 digit anesthesia for (procedure)Then code the answer to the following formula :base (base units per anesthesia CPT code. Obtained from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) current year Relative Value Guide.)+time (time units based on 15-minute increments. These are the 1993 mean time units from national Medicare claims data for anesthesia services personally performed by the physician)Xanesthesia CF = national anesthesia conversion factor (CF) or dollar amount allowed per unit.
TeamHealth is a provider of what type of services?
TeamHealth was originally founded to provide emergency department administrative and staffing services, TeamHealth is one of the nation's largest providers of hospital-based clinical outsourcing in multiple departments, including Anesthesia, Hospital Medicine, in addition to Emergency Medicine.
Which one of the following organizations defines anesthesia services and procedures including publishing updates?
asa
What are the sections of the cpt manual that you use to code many cardiovascular services?
Medicine, surgery, anesthesia
Anesthesia services are based on what time the patient is under the anesthesiologist's care Calculation of units of time is determined by the third party payer?
total time(calculation of units of time is determined by the 3rd party payer) hope this help
