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Import Anesthesia Base Units

With the Import Anesthesia Base Units function you can import the CMS Anesthesia Base Units file. Anesthesia base units are used to compute the allowable amounts for anesthesia services for CPT codes 00100 to 01999. Importing the Anesthesia Base Units file will update the # of Base Units field for CPT codes 00100 to 01999 in the Procedure Code Table as long as those Procedure Codes already exist.

Data Field Information

Prompt	Response	Req	Len
Year for Import	Select the year of the file that you want to load.		4
Overwrite Existing Base Units	If you do not select to Overwrite Existing Base Units, the base units will only be updated for procedures that do not have anything entered in that field.		1

A new screen displays the progress. Click Proceed after the import is complete.