Anesthesia Preference

Anesthesia Preferences define how Extreme Age, Emergency Conditions, and Physical Status are handled. Anesthesia preferences are defined as a separate function so that the user may define a "standard" preference or a "Medicare" preference and then share it among several plans. An Anesthesia Preference is tied to a plan or multiple plans via the Anesthesia Tab of the Plan Setup.

Lookup	Lookup value assigned
Name	Description

Extreme Age

Do Not Bill/Allow	Extreme Age is not billable
Bill/Allow Bundled Units	Extreme age is included in the anesthesia fee as an additional unit
Bill/Allow CPT-99100	Extreme age is included in the anesthesia fee as an additional procedure (CPT-99100)
Minimum Age: Years / Months	If the patient's age at the time of service is less than the age indicated here, the patient is considered to be of extreme age and the additional unit(s) or procedure will be included in the anesthesia fee.
Maximum Age: Years / Months	If the patient's age at the time of service is greater than the age indicated here, the patient is considered to be of extreme age and the additional unit(s) or procedure will be included in the anesthesia fee.

Emergency Conditions

If the Emergency Conditions on the Risk Factors tab Visit Entry is checked, the additional unit(s) or procedure will be included in the anesthesia fee as indicated here.

Do Not Bill/Allow	Extreme Age is not billable
Bill/Allow Bundled Units	Extreme age is included in the anesthesia fee as an additional unit
Bill/Allow CPT-99140	Extreme age is included in the anesthesia fee as an additional procedure (CPT-99140)

Physical Status

The Physical Status on the Risk Factors tab Visit Entry is used in conjunction with the physical status setup here to determine additional units (if any) to use in the anesthesia calculation and/or modifier (if any) to report on claims.

P1 Units	Additional units to bill when P1 physical status is selected
P1 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P1 physical status is selected
Create P1 Charge	Bills a procedure (99101) when the P1 physical status is selected
P2 Units	Additional units to bill when P2 physical status is selected
P2 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P2 physical status is selected
Create P2 Charge	Bills a procedure (99102) when the P2 physical status is selected
P3 Units	Additional units to bill when P3 physical status is selected
P3 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P3 physical status is selected
Create P3 Charge	Bills a procedure (99103) when the P3 physical status is selected
P4 Units	Additional units to bill when P4 physical status is selected
P4 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P4 physical status is selected
Create P4 Charge	Bills a procedure (99104) when the P4 physical status is selected
P5 Units	Additional units to bill when P5 physical status is selected
P5 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P5 physical status is selected
Create P5 Charge	Bills a procedure (99105) when the P5 physical status is selected
P6 Units	Additional units to bill when P6 physical status is selected
P6 Modifier	Modifier to report on claims when the P6 physical status is selected
Create P6 Charge	Bills a procedure (99106) when the P6 physical status is selected

Library Change Logs

The Change Log button at the bottom of any MedSuite Maintenance File will track the following:

$ Date Changed - The date the change was made to the file.

$ User Name - The name of the user that made the change.

$ Item Changed - The file name of the item that was changed.

$ Old Value - The system value before the change was made.

$ New Value - The system value after the change was made and saved.

NOTE: Items not tracked are description fields such as degrees and titles.