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 correct answer is C) 99100, which is the qualifying circumstance modifier for anesthesia provided to a patient of extreme age, in this case, a seventy-five-year-old patient undergoing bypass coronary artery surgery. This modifier is used to indicate that the anesthesia care required is more complex due to the patient's age.

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