Anesthesia and Pain Management
Published 01/01/2020
Access CMS-level guidance for anesthesia services through the following links.
- CMS' Anesthesiologists Center
- Includes a spreadsheet of base units by CPT code and current year Anesthesia Conversion Factor
- CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Chapter 12 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Definitions of personally performed, medically directed and medically supervised: section 50
- Definition of concurrent procedures: section 50.C
- Anesthesia claims modifiers: section 50.I
- Anesthesia and Teaching Facilities: section 100.1.2.A.4
- Qualified Nonphysician Anesthetists Services (CRNAs and AAs): section 140
- Billing Modifiers for qualified nonphysician anesthetists: section 140.3.3