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Lynda Wetter

Lynda Wetter

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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???


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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.
 
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