Deemed rather mysterious and spooky, anesthesiology is the study and practice of administering sedation or anesthesia to a living creature in order to block pain. For a coder, anesthesiology coding throws open many a tough challenge.
The situation: An anesthesiology client works in an eye center. Fairly new, he says that he does all blocks and no general anesthesia for the eye surgeries. What should he use – A code from range 00140-00148 or a code such as 64400?