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CPT 00702: Anesthesia for Upper Anterior Abdominal Wall Procedures, Including Liver Biopsy
CPT code 00702 represents anesthesia services for procedures on the upper anterior abdominal wall, explicitly including percutaneous liver biopsy. This code is used to document anesthetic management when clinicians provide intraoperative or procedural anesthesia for targeted abdominal wall and liver biopsy interventions. Nationally, accurate assignment of this code affects clinical documentation, anesthesiology service reporting, and claims processing for a common set of diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Key payers in the analysis include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find an overview of how 00702 is applied in clinical settings, the typical sites of service where it appears, and links to related surgical procedure families. The discussion also covers typical modifiers used with anesthesia reporting and the clinical specialties and provider taxonomies most commonly associated with this service.
The publication provides operational context for billing teams and health system administrators: brief benchmarks for related surgical codes, common clinical indications that align with percutaneous liver biopsy procedures, and considerations for coding accuracy in claims submission. Data not available in the input is noted where applicable.
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Billing Code Overview
CPT code 00702 describes anesthesia services provided for procedures on the upper anterior abdominal wall, including percutaneous liver biopsy. The service type is anesthesia for upper anterior abdominal wall procedures. The typical site of service is an operating room or procedure suite where percutaneous liver biopsy and related abdominal wall procedures are performed.
National Reimbursement Benchmarks
Commercial rates for CPT 00702 cluster around BUCA’s average commercial benchmark of $78.3, with Cigna and Aetna showing higher mean levels ($91.2 and $84.8 respectively) and UnitedHealth Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield at lower means ($67.9 and $75.3). Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealth Group have lower upper-end ceilings ($215.6 and $122.7 max) relative to Aetna’s $259.2 and Cigna’s $165.3, indicating meaningful variation at the top of the market.
Examining dispersion (P75 minus P25) highlights differences in rate spread: Aetna shows the widest interquartile spread at $66.0 (P75 $110.2 minus P25 $44.0), followed by Cigna at $40.0 (P75 $107.7 minus P25 $67.0). UnitedHealth Group is the tightest with a spread of $29.0 (P75 $81.1 minus P25 $52.0), while Blue Cross Blue Shield and BUCA fall in the middle with spreads of $39.5 and $35.9 respectively.