Insurance and Medical Coding Test Prep

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The patient, a 35-year-old female with well-controlled Type I diabetes mellitus, received anesthesia for a regular vaginal delivery with no complications. Code for the anesthesia services only.
  1. 01961 - P3
  2. 62310
  3. 01960 - P3
  4. 01960 - P2
Explanation
Answer: D - The correct anesthesia codes for this service is 01960 (Anesthesia for vaginal delivery only), and the correct physical status modifier is P2, which indicates that the patient has a mild systemic disease. It is necessary to report that the patient has well-controlled Type I diabetes mellitus, which in this case is not a severe systemic disease. This condition should be reported with physical status modifier P2.
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