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CPT® 00540, Under Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 00540 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing procedures that are not specifically described by another anesthesia code in which the surgical provider performs thoracotomy. Thoracotomy is opening the chest for surgical treatment or investigation of structures within the chest.

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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 ]
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The only thing that came to my mind is that the examples they give is post op pain block when performed when the patient is having general anesthesia. They don't give other examples. AMA CPT Assistan... [ Read More ]
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