Wiki Asa?

[Lynda Wetter]

Lidocaine, local anesthesia access site. The patient is ASA 3.
Visual inspection of the oro- and nasopharynx shows no potentially
occluding structures. There are no loose dentures.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ASA???


THX IN ADVANCE

 

[PCRIST]

ASA is the Physical Status Modifier. It is explained in the beginning of the anesthesia section in the CPT book. If the patient is an emergency patient the P1-P5 modifier would be followed with an E . P6 would not be followed with an E. It's basically the complexity of the anesthesia service provided.

 

[Lynda Wetter]

thanks, sorry that showed up so big. So is it safe to say that ASA 3 is for status P3??

 

[PCRIST]

Correct.