A seventy-five-year-old patient is identified in the pre-op room and brought to the surgical suite for bypass coronary artery surgery. The anesthesia provided for this service would be described by the appropriate anesthesia CPT code and qualifying-circumstance modifier:

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The qualifying-circumstance modifier 99100 is used for anesthesia provided to patients of extreme age, specifically those under one year or over seventy years old.

A Seventy-Five-Year-Old Patient Is Identified in the Pre-Op Room and Brought