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- Define the concept of a complete anesthesia service.
- Identify documentation necessary to code anesthesia services.
- Calculate anesthesia time units and fees based on prescribed formulas.
- Assign CPT anesthesia codes with appropriate HCPCS modifiers and physical status modifiers based on anesthesia procedural statements.
- Describe the organization, guidelines, and key modifiers for the surgery section in CPT.
- List the components of a surgical package.
- Distinguish between the CPT and Medicare definitions of a surgical package.
- Describe the types of situations in which separate procedure codes are correctly reported.
- Select appropriate surgical modifiers for physician use and facility (hospital outpatient) use.
- Assign CPT surgical codes with appropriate modifiers based on surgery procedural statements.
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