Intraoperatively, a forty-two-year-old female patient's anesthesia service was converted from MAC to general anesthesia due to her inability to control her airway. This service is coded as:

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When a procedure starts with Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) and is converted to general anesthesia due to complications such as the inability to control the airway, the entire service is coded as general anesthesia. This includes the appropriate physical status and any qualifying-circumstance modifiers that apply to the situation.

Intraoperatively, a Forty-Two-Year-Old Female Patient's Anesthesia Service Was Converted from MAC