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Question 131

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Qualifying-circumstances code 99140 is used to describe situations that are:

A) not covered by Medicare/Medicaid
B) emergencies
C) not otherwise reportable due to third-party payer guidelines
D) affected by the availability of an appropriate specialist

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Question 132

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When an anesthesiologist is supervising the concurrent anesthesia procedures of 2, 3, or 4 procedures involving qualified individuals it is denoted by using:

A) QZ
B) QX
C) AD
D) QK

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Question 133

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All of the following are not considered to be part of an anesthesia service and should be billed and coded in addition to the anesthesia service documented except:

All of the following are considered part of the work of an anesthesia service and are not coded separately except:

A forty-six-year-old patient is waiting to be induced into anesthesia. Two CRNAs were originally scheduled to administer anesthesia to this patient, under supervision of an anesthesiologist. The CRNAs are still attending to another patient and the supervising anesthesiologist has to administer anesthesia for this patient. This would be reported using the following anesthesia-specific modifier:

In the definition of qualifying-circumstance modifier 99100, "extreme age" is specified as:

The units of value which are the beginning of the formula for assigning a cost/revenue value to an anesthesia service are:

A normal, healthy patient is represented by physical-status modifier:

Intubation is:

Conscious, or moderate sedation codes are located in this section of the CPT manual:

Qualifying-circumstance modifier 99100 is defined as:

The component of the reimbursement formula that begins when the patient is being prepared for anesthesia and ends when the patient is no longer being attended by the anesthesiologist is:

What is the appropriate abbreviation for base units?

Qualifying-circumstances code 99140 is used to describe situations that are:

One remaining surgical procedure is scheduled in the surgical suite for the day. The attending anesthesiologist prepares the day's documentation while remaining available for one CRNA that provides anesthesia administration for today's last case. When billing for this anesthesia service, the coder should use modifier _______ to describe the anesthesiologist's role in providing anesthesia.

In the definition of qualifying-circumstance modifier 99100, "extreme age" is specified as:

Physical-status modifier P1 signifies:

99140 is the only qualifying-circumstances modifier that adds _____ additional units to the anesthesia CPT code to which it is appended:

A patient with mild systemic disease is represented by physical-status modifier:

A seventy-five-year-old patient is identified in the pre-op room and brought to the surgical suite for bypass coronary artery surgery. The anesthesia provided for this service would be described by the appropriate anesthesia CPT code and qualifying-circumstance modifier: