Anesthesia Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Dilation and Evacuation
Published on Fri Feb 01, 2002
Question: Which anesthesia code is best for a procedure described as dilation and evacuation? The diagnosis is retained placenta, which I assume is 667.00 (retained placenta without hemorrhage).
Wyoming Subscriber
Answer: The most appropriate anesthesia code for this procedure is 00940 (anesthesia for vaginal procedures [including biopsy of labia, vagina, cervix or endometrium]; not otherwise specified). The procedure is either post-delivery retention or post-miscarriage/spontaneous abortion/missed abortion retention. It is a vaginal procedure, and therefore is included in 00940.
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