Match each of the physical status modifiers used for anesthesia CPT coding with the appropriate description.
A. Patient with severe systemic disease
B. A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes
C. A normal healthy patient
D. A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation
E. A patient with mild systemic disease
F. A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life.
A. P3
B. P6
C. P1
D. P5
E. P2
F. P4
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