A physician harvested a viable left cornea, liver, and heart from a declared brain-dead patient. What anesthesia services should have been provided?

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The anesthesia service that should have been reported is 01990-P6, (Physiological support for harvesting or organ(s) from brain-dead patient). Modifier -P6 also should have been reported to indicate that the patient's physical status, which in this case, is a declared brain-dead patient whose organs were being removed for donor purposes.

A Physician Harvested a Viable Left Cornea, Liver, and Heart