Anesthesia 101

Does General Anesthesia make a patient unconscious?

MAC is a type of Anesthesia?

Anesthesia is billed based on time?

If a CPT is 00220 what part of the body was the procedure for?

What letter does a modifier begin with?

How many increments is each unit?

Is a procedure time rounded up of down?

Can an Anesthesiologist preform Non-timed procedures?

What modifier would be used if case was performed by an Anesthesiologist alone?

Medical direction occurs when an anesthesiologist is involved in two, three or four concurrent anesthesia procedures or a single anesthesia procedure with a qualified anesthetist.