CPT^® 01360, Under Anesthesia for Procedures on the Knee and Popliteal Area

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 01360 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Procedures on the Knee and Popliteal Area.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing any open procedure of the lower one third of the femur, or the thigh bone, the long bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee.

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I am using 20690- My diagnosis is for the tibia...but the higher ASA is for the femur....Should i use 01392 (4 units) or 01360 (5 units)?

Postoperative Diagnosis: Right Tibial Plateau Fracture Operation performed: Closed reduction and placement of spanning external fixator device to the right lower extremity Anesthesia type: General ... [ Read More ]

coding dispute between CPT book and Anesthesia code

[b]Page 58[/b] Page 58 in the CPT for 01360 states, "Anesthesia for all open procedures on lower one-third of femur". If you look it's under subcategory "Knee and Popliteal Area" and therefore would ... [ Read More ]

anesthesia coding

femur is in the code description 01360 - Anesthesia for all open procedures on lower one-third of femur Looking at my ASA crosswalk through findacode it says 01360 is the primary but there are 13 al... [ Read More ]

coding dispute between CPT book and Anesthesia code

You're correct. There is no mention of the femur for 20680. However, 01360 is the direct crosswalk for 20680 that is for a procedure on the femur, so it's not the correct anesthesia code. Look at 004... [ Read More ]

coding dispute between CPT book and Anesthesia code anesthesia code cpt femur procedure

I work for a group of Anesthesiologists and I had a case where a patient had implanted plates removed from her ribs. I coded 20680 and the code crosswalks to 01360 for anesthesia. On the EOB that th... [ Read More ]

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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 ]

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