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Anesthesia for procedures in lumbar region, diagnostic lumbar puncture. This is a patient with mild systemic disease due to possible infection. An anesthesiologist provided anesthesia. Assign the CPT anesthesia code with appropriate CPT physical status and HCPCS level II anesthesiologist modifiers.

Question 2

Anesthesia for permanent transvenous pacemaker insertion in 75-year-old patient with ESRD. This is a moribund patient who is not expected to survive without this operation. An anesthesiologist provided anesthesia. Assign the CPT anesthesia code with appropriate CPT physical status and HCPCS level II anesthesiologist modifiers. Assign the CPT qualifying circumstance code.

[juliaf]

Answer to Question 1

00635-P2-AA
00635-AA-P2

Answer to Question 2

00530-P5-AA, 99100
00530-AA-P5, 99100

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Excellent

[dreamfighter72]

Great answer, keep it coming