When to Use Anesthesia Modifier Coding

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Q: [Anesthesia Modifier Coding] Can you go over anesthesia modifiers and when to use them?
A: Yes, I can. Again, I'm going to bring in my doctored up coding manual. I used to be a real neat freak, believe it or not, and I had everything all perfectly lined up. What I found is that if you make your writing too neat it doesn’t jump out off the page at you and that’s what you really want. So, don’t be a neat freak. Don’t worry about writing notes in your book. They are allowed. I just had someone e-mail me yesterday saying, someone came with their chapter and told them that they couldn’t have the E/M tables written in their book like I've been teaching since 1999. So, I sent an e-mail off to our contacts at AAPC and they verified, “No, that’s fine,” so I was able to take that and reply back to the student, “Relax, it’s OK.” They do allow writing in your books. They just don’t allow you to tape, paste, staple, nothing separate, but if you handwrite on a page that already exists in your manuals that’s totally allowable. As you can see, I take great advantage of that allowance.
The question was specifically about anesthesia modifiers. Typically, when we think of a modifier, we think of a two-digit code. In CPT for anesthesia, modifiers can be these physical status modifiers. If you look at them, P1, P2, all the way down to P6, and that’s going to be appended to the CPT code on the claim form to tell the story of how sick a patient was, because if you think about anesthesia, they're trying to quantify the risk. How risky was the procedure, the anesthesia?
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[@amandaohlendorf945]

This video helped so much! I love the notes. I put them in my book, and I followed along with the video. I am starting to understand more.

[@janethadavis3528]

Thank you for this! It was great break out and I took some notes to help me with my studies!

[@Biqbee92]

Thank you explaining this in way for students like myself can understand the importance of how these modifiers are used for reimbursement.

[@nishatashfaq6776]

U ARE ONE OF THE BEST.

[@17travelboy]

Hi, can you review choosing anesthesia asa codes for colonoscopy including modifiers. Thx

[@sherry7749]

How should I know I was anesthetized?

[@Biqbee92]

You have to agree to it before your procedure, they should have told you beforehand.

[@nicnacker2933]

Question, 70yr old pt with ER Condition would it be the use of 2 add on code 99100 Extreme age and 99140ER Condition? Because add on 99100 Extreme age start from at 70yrs old? (70 and over?) It include age 70?

[@pradeepkumarjeelugula992]

Yes u can use but documentation support to use. 99140,

[@reviewswithkandace3389]

Pradeep kumar i agree with this