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A 20-year-old patient undergoes a partial thyroidectomy. Bill for the
anesthesia service associated with this surgery.
Correct answer: 00320
In the index of the CPT book, you will look up anesthesia, thyroid, which gives you the
code range 00320-00322. Turning to the Anesthesia section, where this range is
located, you will see that the range is broken up by what type of procedure was done
on the thyroid and also states that the patient must be older than one year in order to
use the anesthesia code. In this case, the procedure was done on a 20-year old, and
it was a thyroidectomy, so code 00320, which is anesthesia for all procedures on the
esophagus, thyroid, larynx, trachea, and lymphatic system of the neck, would be the
correct answer for this question.
A 75-year-old patient is put under anesthesia for the insertion of his first
transvenous pacemaker. How would the anesthesia part be billed?
Correct answer: 00530, 99100
In the index of the CPT book, you will look up anesthesia, pacemaker insertion, which
gives you the code 00530. Turning to the Anesthesia section, you will see that this
code is for anesthesia for permanent transvenous pacemaker insertion, which is
exactly what the question asks for. So, this would be the correct answer to the
question. The question states that the patient is 75 years old. This is considered an
“extreme” age for anesthesia, so you know to use the code 99100 for this part of the
question.
A 31-year-old female patient undergoes a medically induced abortion under
anesthesia. Choose the correct anesthesia code.
Correct answer: 01966
In the index of the CPT book, you will look up anesthesia, abortion, induced, which
gives you the code 01966. Turning to the Anesthesia section, where this code
is located, you will see that this code is for anesthesia for induced abortion
procedures. Since this is what the question is asking for, code 01966 would be the
correct answer.
A spinal manipulation is performed on a 45-year-old patient. How would the
anesthesia service for this procedure be billed?
Correct answer: 00640
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