CPT^® 00604, Under Anesthesia for Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 00604 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Procedures on the Spine and Spinal Cord.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing a procedure on the cervical spine and cord while in a sitting position.

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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 ]

00604

Amy: The report is way too long to type but my CPT codes are as follows 63015, 22600,22842,22614,20936,20930,22614. C3 thru C6 laminectomy with instrumentation and arthodesis and undercutting of C2 ... [ Read More ]

00604

Need some clarification. Code 00604 in RVG comments states (for open procedures on the cervical spin and cord). I have a case patient had several procedures one of them crosscodes to 00604. My conf... [ Read More ]

shoulder surgery anesthesia codes

[b]Shoulder Sx[/b] the code 00604 is NOT for shoulder surgeries take a look at the RVG 00604 is ONLY for Anesthesia services for procedures on the cervical spine and cord when in the sitting positio... [ Read More ]

shoulder surgery anesthesia codes

I am the coder for a group of anesthesiologists. One of our Drs. has been checking the box on the chart for "sitting position" 00604 on some shoulder surgeries. He says whenever the patient is in si... [ Read More ]

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patient had spinal surgery including laminectomy and insertion of harrington rods. Would you assign 00604 as anesthesia code? Thanks... [ Read More ]

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