A hypertensive 62-year-old male received general anesthesia from a CRNA who received medical direction from an anesthesiologist (who was not in the same operating room but provided direction from an adjacent operating room). Excision of a salivary parotid malignancy, lateral lobe, was performed. Assign the ICD-10-CM code(s) to diagnoses and conditions and assign the CPT anesthesia code(s) and appropriate HCPCS level II, physical status, and CPT modifier(s) for the anesthesiologist’s services. Do not assign ICD-10-CM external cause codes.
[Answered]: A hypertensive 62-year-old male received general…
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