A physician performed a total hip arthroplasty and an excision of a patellar bone spur. Code for the anesthesia services only.

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The correct anesthesia code is 01214, (Anesthesia for arthroscopic procedures of hip joint; total hip arthroplasty only). Anesthesia guidelines state that when multiple surgical procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration, the anesthesia code representing the most complex procedure is reported. In this case, the hip arthroplasty is the most complex procedure, which makes 01214 the only code that should be reported.

A Physician Performed a Total Hip Arthroplasty and an Excision