Determining Anesthesia Service Payments and Modifiers

As a new medical coder for an Anesthesiologist group, it is important that you practice calculating service payments by assigning the appropriate anesthesia code(s) and modifier(s), as well as determining the base and time unit values, any modifying circumstances, and the conversion factor to arrive at your anesthesia service payment.

Apply your knowledge of Anesthesia coding.

Include the following aspects in the assignment:

Ø  Describe how to calculate anesthesia base and time units

Ø  Distinguish anesthesia service payments by using and describing the approved formula

Ø  Arrive at the correct reimbursement and coding responses for each problem

Ø  Assign HCPCS level II, physical status, and qualifying circumstance codes to CPT anesthesia codes.

Solution

1. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code ranges from anesthesia 00100 – 01999. It is a medicinal code that is set and sustained by the American Medical Association (Eberhardt & Harb, 2018). CPT code range………………………..To access the rest of the solution for $5, please click on the purchase button