Anesthesia Coding Alert
READER QUESTION ~ 00170 Works for Nasal Hemorrhage
Published on Wed Feb 21, 2007
Question: Our physician wrote "EUA [exam under anesthesia] control bleed" in the notes for a patient who returned to surgery because of tonsil bleeding. How should I code this procedure? Each of these codes crosses to anesthesia code 00170 (Anesthesia for intraoral procedures, including biopsy; not otherwise specified).
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Answer: Your surgical choices for the patient's return are 42960-42962:
• 42960 -- Control oropharyngeal hemorrhage, primary or secondary (e.g., post-tonsillectomy); simple
• 42961 -- ... complicated, requiring hospitalization
• 42962 -- ... with secondary surgical intervention.
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