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• 2008 Anesthesia Base Units by CPT Code [ZIP, 9KB] (updated 1/14/08)
  These are the anesthesia base units used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.
• 2008 Anesthesia Conversion Factor [ZIP, 10KB] These are the anesthesia conversion factors used to compute allowable amounts for anesthesia services under CPT codes 00100 to 01999.

• Title 42 - Public Health, Chapter IV CMS/DHHS: Conditions of Participation - Part 482.52 - Anesthesia Services
• State Operations Manual: Hospital Interpretive Guidelines and Survey Procedures - Anesthesia Services -- Appendix A (482.52)
• Part 410.69 Services of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist's assistant: Basic rule and definitions.
• Pharmaceutical Services - 482.25 (Title 42 - Public Health, Chapter IV CMS/DHHS)
• Fourteen states have chosen to opt-out of the CRNA physician supervision regulation -- See Anesthesia Supervision in the Spotlight for those states.

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• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
• American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
• Related Organizations

• Medicare Claims Processing Manual
• Payment for Anesthesiology Services Chapter 12 - Section 50  (See Sub-Section K - Anesthesia Claims Claims Modifiers) Physician Fee Schedule contains the amount physicians and other providers will receive when providing services to a Medicare beneficiary
• Program Transmittals
• National Correct Coding Initiative - Column 1/Column 2 Correct Coding Edits & Mutually Exclusive Correct Coding Edits Anesthesia Services (1/1/08-3/31/08) CPT Codes 00100-00999 CPT Codes 01000-09999; 
• "National Correct Coding Policy Manual for Part B Medicare Carriers" Chapter 2 - Anesthesia Services

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