Anesthesia for permanent transvenous pacemaker insertion in 75-year-old patient with ESRD. This is a moribund patient who is not expected to survive without this operation. An anesthesiologist provided anesthesia. Assign the CPT anesthesia code with appropriate CPT physical status and HCPCS level II anesthesiologist modifiers. Assign the CPT qualifying circumstance code


00530-P5-AA, 99100
00530-AA-P5, 99100

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a. Ambient temperature and pressure, satu-rated (ATPS) b. Standard temperature and pressure, dry (STPD) c. Body temperature, ambient pressure, sat-urated (BTPS) d. Ambient temperature and pressure, dry (ATPD)

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An inflammation of a vein near the skin surface, with the formation of a clot is ____

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__________ __________ drugs have the least potential for abuse

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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