ASA Position on Monitored Anesthesia Care
This is a 2-page document from the American Society of Anesthesiologists that defines and distinguishes monitored anesthesia care and moderate sedation/analgesia from each other. It highlights how these terms are used in their medical records in terms of ASA relative value guide for billing purposes and not to represent continuum of sedation.
Monitored anesthesia care is a form of service provided by anesthesiologists that encompasses the continuum of sedation.
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