Anesthesia was provided for a 75-year-old patient who was having a biopsy performed on the salivary gland to determine the nature of a mass. He also had chronic essential benign hypertension. Select the appropriate CPT codes for the anesthesia service, as well as the ICD-10-CM codes.

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The correct CPT code for anesthesia for a procedure on the salivary gland is 00100. The physical status modifier P3 is used for a patient with severe systemic disease, which is appropriate given the patient's chronic hypertension. The code 99100 is used for anesthesia for patients of extreme age, under 1 year or over 70. The ICD-10-CM code K11.9 is used for unspecified diseases of the salivary glands, and I10 is used for essential (primary) hypertension.

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