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13 July, 19:59

Mrs. jones is a 90-year-old female having laparoscopic surgery on her gallbladder. dr. lot, the anesthesiologist for this case, documents she is a normal healthy person and begins to prepare the patient for surgery at 07:30 am. surgery begins at 08:00 am. the surgery is concluded at 09:30 am. the anesthesiologist releases the patient to the pacu nurses at 09:45 am. how many minutes of anesthesia time transpired and what is the appropriate anesthesia code?

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  1. 13 July, 21:49
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    Cholecystectomy is called the removal of gallbladder. It can either be open cholecystectomy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Based on the situation, the total minutes of anesthesia time is about 165 minutes or 2 hours and 45 minutes. The CPT code that can be use is 47563.
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