Q&A anesthesia code

[Thomas Koshy]

anesthesia code :- Patient had excision ( Lump in the left breast ) and also excision of sebaceous cyst elbow (right ) The surgeon took 4o minutes for breast lump excision and only 25 minutes for excision sebaceous cyst "

 

[louise]

CPT 2014 page 52:
"When multiple surgical procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration, the anesthesia code representing the most complex procedure is reported. The time reported is the combined total for all procedures."