Anesthesia Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• parenthetical : in the cpt, in addition to the guidelines, pay close attention to _ statements.
• prepare : anesthesia time begins when the anesthesiologist begins to _ the patient for anesthesia.
• cervical : there are seven of these vertebrae
• thoracic : there are 12 of these vertebra in the spine
• nerve block : an anesthetic agent is injected directly into the area around a nerve to b lock sensation to that region.
• crna : a registered nurse who has completed an accredited nurse anesthesia training program.
• mac : monitored anesthesia care
• integument : another name for skin
• epidural : when an anesthetic agent is injected in the epidural space it is this type of anesthesia
• general : drug induced loss of consciousness is what type of anesthesia
• cpb : cardiopulmonary bypass machine
• postoperative : when we are assigning the final diagnosis code, we code from this part of the report
• head : anesthesia codes are grouped anatomically, beginning with the (what body part)
• five : the lumbar spine has how many vertebrae
• anesthesiologist : physician licensed to practice medicine and has completed an accredited anesthesia program
• srna : student registered nurse anesthetist
• spinal : anesthetic agent is injected into the subarachnoid space into the csf as a type of anesthesia
• acute : when pain is not stated as acute or chronic, code it as (for icd-10 coding)
• index : to find an anesthesia cpt code, start locating the code by going to the (what/where in the cpt book)