The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Classification system has been an integral tool in preoperative evaluation for over six decades. It categorises patients’ pre‐operative ...

Anesthesia coders must carefully review medical records to determine appropriate billable elements, such as a patient’s ASA physical status classification, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants ...

Each time that an anesthetic is rendered, the patient is assigned an ASA physical status modifier which describes the complexity of the service provided. Although many practitioners see this as simply ...