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The anesthesiologist and the Qualiï¬ed Nonphysician Anesthetist can bill separately for anesthesia. services they personally perform. In cases of medical direction, both the anesthesiologist and the Qualiï¬ed. Nonphysician Anesthetist would bill Medicare for their component of the procedure.
Anesthesia vs anaesthesia. Anesthesia is the total or partial loss of sensation, especially of pain, through the use of gas, injection or hypnosis before a medical procedure. Local anesthesia blocks pain while the patient is still conscious, general anesthesia blocks pain through the loss of consciousness. Anesthesia may also refer to the total or partial loss of sensation, especially pain, as a result of disease, or may be used metaphorically.