CPT^® 00940, Under Anesthesia for Procedures on the Perineum

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 00940 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Procedures on the Perineum.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing procedures on the female perineum including biopsy of the labia, vagina, cervix, or endometrium. Use this code for procedures not specified by any other anesthesia code.

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Office based anesthesia services

We are using code 00400 and 00940 dx code are C61,C53.9 (PROSTATE CANCER, AND CERVICAL CANCER) my claim looks as follows 00940 AA,QS,P3 billed under anesthesiologist POS 11... [ Read More ]

POS for 57410-Pelvic examination under anesthesia

[QUOTE="tracylc10, post: 401318, member: 267254"]What kind of anesthesia was used in the office?[/QUOTE] Propofol and Toradol by a CRNA. And the CRNA billed his services as 00940. The service are b... [ Read More ]

Anesthesia Crosswalk for CPT 58970 00840 00940 anesthesia crosswalk endometrium

Our office provides anesthesia for fertility patients and provides anesthesia for patients undergoing egg retrievals. For many years we have used CPT 58970 which crosswalked only to ASA 00840 for 6 ba... [ Read More ]

2016 Anesthesia PQRS

Yes, it seems if you use registry reporting you would use 4559F & 4255F, but I haven't had chance to review any articles describing how this revised measure is reported. It seems they did away with ... [ Read More ]

PQRS Measure #193

You would report G9363 as standalone G9363: Duration of monitored anesthesia care (MAC) or peripheral nerve block (PNB) without the use of general anesthesia during an applicable procedure [B][U]or g... [ Read More ]

Billing 01967 and 00940

Help requested please... I have two different denials with this same scenario. Patient has a vaginal delivery. Afterwards due to retained placenta or hemorrhage they were brought to the OR for a D&C. ... [ Read More ]

Help! I need a cpt code!

:confused: Ok, a dr ligated the vulva artery with one suture due to post op bleeding after removing the bartholins gland. I am not sure what cpt code to use for this. I code for anesthesia and my dr ... [ Read More ]

endometrial biopsy

Paracervical block is a regional anesthesia of the inferior hypogastric plexus and ganglia produced by injection of the local anesthetic into the lateral fornices of the vagina. The 00940 code would... [ Read More ]

Retained placenta

After a patient delivers with a labor epidural, they have a retained placenta and are taken back to the operating room within 30 min to an hour the epidural is re-bolused and used as the anesthesia. ... [ Read More ]

59 mod on anesthesia w/procedure

Hi there! I gather from your question that you're billing the OB/GYN charges-I used to do that but now work in an anesthesia billing office so I understand both sides to this question. I agree that 64... [ Read More ]

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