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Anesthesia & Pain Management

Access CMS-level guidance for anesthesia services through the following links.
  • CMS 'Anesthesiologists Center'
    • Includes a spreadsheet of base units by CPT code and current year Anesthesia Conversion Factor
  • CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Chapter 12 (PDF, 902 KB)
    • Definitions of personally performed, medically directed and medically supervised: section 50
    • Definition of concurrent procedures: section 50J
    • Anesthesia modifiers: section 50K
    • Base units for anesthesia services: following section 50K: Exhibit 1
    • Anesthesia and Teaching Facilities: section 100.1.2.A.4
    • CRNA Services: section 140

 

last updated on 10/05/2009
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