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Official Description

Anesthesia for intracranial procedures; electrocoagulation of intracranial nerve

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Short Descr ANESTH HEAD NERVE SURGERY
Medium Descr ANES INTRACRANIAL ELECTROCOAGULATION ICRA NERVE
Long Descr Anesthesia for intracranial procedures; electrocoagulation of intracranial nerve
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)
QS Monitored anesthesia care service
QX Crna service: with medical direction by a physician
QK Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals
AA Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
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)
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
QY Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist (crna) by an anesthesiologist
QZ Crna service: without medical direction by a physician
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
XS Separate structure, a service that is distinct because it was performed on a separate organ/structure
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2011-01-01 Changed Short description changed.
Pre-1990 Added Code added.
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