A forty-six-year-old patient is waiting to be induced into anesthesia. Two CRNAs were originally scheduled to administer anesthesia to this patient, under supervision of an anesthesiologist. The CRNAs are still attending to another patient and the supervising anesthesiologist has to administer anesthesia for this patient. This would be reported using the following anesthesia-specific modifier:

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The "AA" modifier is used when anesthesia services are personally performed by an anesthesiologist. In this scenario, the anesthesiologist is administering anesthesia directly to the patient.

A Forty-Six-Year-Old Patient Is Waiting to Be Induced into Anesthesia