As you may be aware most anesthesiologists use the ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Relative Value Guide and ASA Crosswalk reference guides as their source for coding the services they provide to our members. Our health plan has discovered 3 new ASA homegrown codes not published in the 2002 CPT book - 00326, 00834, 00836.
I am assuming that per HIPAA ASA codes are no longer the accepted standard. The ASA must get their codes adopted by the AMA as a CPT. How are other health plans handling ASA homegrown codes? Are you rejecting these codes presently? Lisa Sweeney Database Administration Analyst Coventry Healthcare Cranberry Business Park phone: (724) 778-6454 Toll free: (800) 735- 2202
