The correct order for anaesthetic claims is as follows:
- Pre-op consultation item (17610 to 17690)
- Anaesthetic base item (20100-21997 or 22900–22905 if you're the anaesthetist, 25200 or 25205 if you’re the assistant anaesthetist, 22060 if you’re the perfusionist)
- Anaesthetic time item (23010-24136)
- Physical status modifiers (25000-25010)
- Age modifier (25013 or 25014)
- Emergency modifier in hours (25020)
- Procedural items, lines, transfusions, therapeutic and diagnostic services (22002-22051 if you’re the anaesthetist, the assistant anaesthetist or the perfusionist, 22055 or 22065-22075 if you’re the perfusionist)
- Emergency modifier after hours (25025 if you’re the anaesthetist, 25030 if you’re the assistant anaesthetist, 25050 if you’re the perfusionist)
- Any intensive care items
- Any other items
CE sorts the items in this order automatically. If the order doesn't look correct, check the dates on each item, or try deleting and reentering any incorrectly ordered item