Anesthesia Coding

Anesthesia services use CPT 00100–01999, organized by body area (head, neck, thorax, spine, upper abdomen, lower abdomen, perineum, pelvis, upper leg, knee, lower leg, shoulder, elbow, forearm, radiological procedures, burn, obstetric, other).

Coders usually start from the SURGICAL CPT code and use a crosswalk (e.g. the ASA Crosswalk) to find the matching anesthesia code. Example: laparoscopic cholecystectomy (47562) → 00790 (anesthesia for intraperitoneal procedures in the upper abdomen including laparoscopy).