A physician performed burn debridement on a 75-year-old male, who sustained third degree burns over 13% of his body, while burning dead brush in his back yard. Code for the anesthesia services only.
Explanation
Answer: C - The correct codes are 01952, (Anesthesia for second and third-degree burn excisions or debridement, with or without skin grafting, any site, between 4% and 9% of total body surface area), which accounts for the first 9% of burned area and 01953, (Anesthesia for second and third-degree burn excisions or debridement, with or without skin grafting, any site, each additional 9% total body surface area or part thereof),which accounts for the remaining 4%. The code 99100, (Anesthesia for patient of extreme age, younger than 1 year and older than 70) also needs to be reported to account for the patient’s advanced age.
