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Official Description

Anesthesia for heart transplant or heart/lung transplant

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Short Descr ANESTH HEART/LUNG TRANSPLNT
Medium Descr ANES HEART TRANSPLANT/HEART/LUNG TRANSPLANT
Long Descr Anesthesia for heart transplant or heart/lung transplant
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 Inpatient Procedures, not paid under OPPS
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)
AA Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
GC This service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician
P4 A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life
QK Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia procedures involving qualified individuals
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
QX Crna service: with medical direction by a physician
QZ Crna service: without medical direction by a physician
53 Discontinued procedure: under certain circumstances, the physician or other qualified health care professional may elect to terminate a surgical or diagnostic procedure. due to extenuating circumstances or those that threaten the well being of the patient, it may be necessary to indicate that a surgical or diagnostic procedure was started but discontinued. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 53 to the code reported by the individual for the discontinued procedure. note: this modifier is not used to report the elective cancellation of a procedure prior to the patient's anesthesia induction and/or surgical preparation in the operating suite. for outpatient hospital/ambulatory surgery center (asc) reporting of a previously scheduled procedure/service that is partially reduced or cancelled as a result of extenuating circumstances or those that threaten the well being of the patient prior to or after administration of anesthesia, see modifiers 73 and 74 (see modifiers approved for asc hospital outpatient use).
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
ET Emergency services
GW Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
P3 A patient with severe systemic disease
P5 A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation
Q1 Routine clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study
QS Monitored anesthesia care service
QY Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist (crna) by an anesthesiologist
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Notes
2011-01-01 Changed Short description changed.
Pre-1990 Added Code added.
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