CPT Code 96156: Health behavior assessment billing guide
CPT Code 96156 covers health behavior assessment or re-assessment for a patient with a primary physical health diagnosis. Providers bill it once per encounter rather than by time, and only certain non-physician health care professionals are eligible to use it. This guide covers eligible providers, the diagnosis rule that causes most denials, current reimbursement rates, […]
CPT code 00529: Anesthesia for mediastinoscopy and diagnostic thoracoscopy with one-lung ventilation
For an intrathoracic anesthesia case, one detail in the operative note decides which code you bill: whether the anesthesia team used one-lung ventilation. When a mediastinoscopy or diagnostic thoracoscopy is performed with one-lung ventilation, the case belongs to CPT code 00529. That distinction is easy to miss. The neighboring code, 00528, describes the same two […]
CPT code 01272: Anesthesia for femoral artery procedures
CPT code 01272 is the anesthesia code for femoral artery ligation. It’s billed separately from the surgical procedure itself, using a dedicated anesthesia CPT code rather than the surgical code’s associated anesthesia value. The code carries 4 base units under the ASA Relative Value Guide and sits within the 01260-01274 range for anesthesia on arteries […]
CPT code 00770: Anesthesia for major abdominal vessels
CPT code 00770: Definition, base units, and billing reference CPT code 00770 is the anesthesia code for all procedures on the major abdominal blood vessels: The abdominal aorta, the iliac arteries, and the inferior vena cava. It applies to open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic or iliac embolectomy and thrombectomy, and bypass grafting on the […]
CPT code 01464: Anesthesia for ankle and foot arthroscopy
CPT code 01464 is the anesthesia billing code for arthroscopic procedures of the ankle and/or foot, carrying 3 base units. Learn the official descriptor, modifiers, reimbursement formula, ICD-10 pairings, and how it differs from the knee-joint arthroscopy code, CPT 01400.
CPT code 00936: Anesthesia for radical amputation of penis with lymphadenectomy
CPT code 00936 is an anesthesia code covering radical amputation of the penis with bilateral inguinal and iliac lymphadenectomy, the highest base-unit value in the male genitalia anesthesia sub-range (CPT 00920-00938). This reference covers the code’s clinical definition, base units, modifiers, qualifying circumstances, Medicare and other payer reimbursement, and the ICD-10 codes that support medical […]
CPT code 00910: Anesthesia for transurethral procedures
Wrong modifier selection on a single anesthesia claim can cut reimbursement by 50% or eliminate it entirely. For CPT code 00910, the stakes are especially high because billers must track time units, apply the correct supervision modifier, decide whether a qualifying circumstance add-on applies, and document everything to CMS standards, all before submitting a single […]
CPT code 00520: Anesthesia for closed chest procedures
00520 is the default code for closed chest procedures with no more specific match, which makes it easy to reach for and an easy one to get wrong. However, pick the wrong base-unit count, the wrong modifier, or confuse it with a mediastinoscopy sibling, and the claim comes back denied. This guide walks through what […]
CPT Code 01444: Popliteal artery repair anesthesia
Anesthesia billing denials often trace back to one of three places: the wrong modifier, a missing start/stop time, or a base unit value pulled from memory rather than the current CMS Physician Fee Schedule. CPT Code 01444 adds a fourth, less obvious failure point: code identity. It’s a specific vascular anesthesia code for popliteal artery […]
CPT Code 01714: Anesthesia for upper arm tenoplasty procedures
CPT Code 01714 covers anesthesia for tenoplasty (tendon repair or reconstruction) procedures on the nerves, muscles, tendons, fascia, and bursae of the upper arm and elbow, from the elbow to the shoulder. The code is straightforward on paper, but the billing mechanics behind it demand careful attention to base units, time documentation, and provider credentials. […]