01953

CPT^® 01953, Under Anesthesia for Burn Excisions or Debridement Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 01953 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Burn Excisions or Debridement Procedures.

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At the same session as anesthesia services for a patient undergoing second and third degree burn excision or debridement for total body surface area, or TBSA, the provider performs anesthesia services for each additional 9 percent of TBSA or part of that. The service may be for any site and may or may not involve skin grafting.

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Modifiers Questions: Coding Anesthesia for Two Separate Services but Same Day

Hi there, I couldn't tell if this is for two surgeries performed during the same anesthesia session or two entirely different surgeries. At any rate, this excerpt from [URL='https://www.uhcprovider.co... [ Read More ]

Anesthesia modifier issue w/add-on code 01953

Greetings! I was wondering if anyone has had any issue getting Medicare to pay CPT 01953 with or without a modifier? Our office has had ongoing issues for quite some time now, getting this code paid... [ Read More ]

Anesthesia Question about add-on codes

Those 3 codes are the only ASA add on codes There re a few CPT add on codes 99100, 99116, 99135 & 99140 for special circumstances such as extreme age, use of controlled hypotension or control hypoth... [ Read More ]

Anesthesia Question about add-on codes

I am hoping someone can help me with Anesthesia billing. I am new to Anesthesia, but have done Surgery Billing for years. When I review pages Vii and Viii in the 2017 Crosswalk/American Society of A... [ Read More ]

Anesthesssia burn excisions or Debridement

Hi, I'm studying for my CPC exam and I have a general question on the add on codes and the notation "each additional x%" Specifically codes 01951 - 01953 The way I read this I would code the followi... [ Read More ]

3rd degree burns

15271 has no time, so no you wouldn't bill that with 3 hours. if you're talking about billing for the anesthesia services, then you shouldn't be using 15271 that way either, because that's a surgery ... [ Read More ]

cci edits and anesthesia

Post operative pain blocks are one thing that come to mind that would require the 59 modifier. Below is a Q and A from the AMA in determining which anesthesia code to pick when there are multiple pr... [ Read More ]

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