Anesthesia Service Type Dictionary
The Anesthesia service type dictionary contains standard descriptions used when referencing how anesthesia services were provided.
Examples
Physician personally performed
CRNA with medical direction by a physician
CPT-4 modifiers are associated to the description and can be used as defaults when billing for the Anesthesia Professional Services Charges. Example: AA or QX.
When the Anesthesia service type is included in the Clinical Documentation Management (CDM) module the information can be passed from the ASC Business Entity to an Anesthesia Business Entity that belongs to the same Billing Group.
The Anesthesia service type is a Partially Shared (Business Group) dictionary. Items entered here will be active in all Business Entities in the Business Group, but the CPT Modifier field will be unique to each Business Entity.
To add a new anesthesia service type
- Click New Item from the
Actions sectionActions section
in the upper right of the dictionary. Complete the following fields.
- Name: Enter a description of the item to be entered. This is a mandatory field and must be unique.
- Quick Code: Enter a short name for the item. Quick Codes can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters,are mandatory and must be unique. If the Auto generate quick codes Preference has been enabled, this filed will populate when the Name field has been completed and you tab off of the field.
- Modifier: (optional) Select from the drop down the CPT-4 modifier that should be associated to the Anesthesia service type.
- Generate quick code: If the Preference to Auto generate quick code has been set this field will be displayed when new items are added to the dictionary. If a quick code has not been set or if you would like to override the code that has been entered in the field, click the button to have the system generate a quick code.
- Click one of the following buttons:
- Save
and DoneSave
and Done
Click to save your changes and return to the Items screen.
- Save
and NewSave
and New
Click to save your changes and clear the fields on the dialog, so you can add another new Item to the dictionary.
- CancelCancel
Click to discard your changes and return to the Items screen.
- Save
and DoneSave
and Done
.