2025 CPT code 01931
Effective Date: N/A Anesthesia - Anesthesia for Radiological Procedures Feed
Anesthesia for therapeutic interventional radiological procedures on the intrahepatic or portal circulation.
Modifiers may be applicable to describe specific circumstances of the anesthesia service, such as unusual anesthesia (23), the physical status of the patient (P1-P6), or the involvement of other qualified healthcare professionals (e.g., CRNA with medical direction - QX).
Medical necessity is established by the underlying condition requiring the interventional radiological procedure. The documentation should clearly link the need for anesthesia to the specific procedure and the patient's condition.
The anesthesiologist performs a pre-operative evaluation, induces anesthesia, monitors the patient during the procedure, documents medications and monitoring, manages patient responses, and oversees post-anesthesia care.
In simple words: The provider gives anesthesia for procedures involving imaging and treatment of blood vessels within the liver.
Anesthesia for therapeutic interventional radiological procedures involving the venous/lymphatic system (not to include access to the central circulation); intrahepatic or portal circulation (eg, transvenous intrahepatic portosystemic shunt[s] [TIPS]).
Example 1: A patient with portal hypertension requires a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure. The anesthesiologist provides and monitors anesthesia during the procedure., A patient undergoes a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTC) with stent placement for biliary obstruction. The anesthesiologist provides anesthesia services., A patient needs an embolization of a hepatic artery aneurysm. The anesthesiologist provides and manages anesthesia care during the procedure.
Documentation should include pre-operative evaluation, anesthesia records (including start and stop times, medications, and monitoring), patient responses, and post-anesthesia care notes.
- Specialties:Anesthesiology, Interventional Radiology
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, Outpatient Hospital, Ambulatory Surgical Center