E020

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GENERAL PREAMBLE
ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS’ SERVICES
      Note:
      E025C is only eligible for payment for an unanticipated transfusion of blood during a surgical
      procedure where:
      1.greater than 70 ml/kg of red blood cells are transfused for a patient with a weight up to 50 kg;
        or
      2.10 or more units of red blood cells are transfused for a patient with a weight exceeding 50 kg.
      [Commentary:
      1.For E010, BMI is calculated by dividing the patient’s weight (in kilograms) by the square of
        the patient’s height (in metres).
      2.E025C is defined by the amount of blood transfused rather than the amount of blood loss.
        The volume of blood transfused does not include blood collected from a cell saver,
        hemodilution techniques or non-red blood cell components.]
Payment rules:
  1. In the description of E022C, E016C, E017C and E020C, reference to ASA level for Physical
     Status Classification means the level determined by the anaesthesiologist at the time of the pre-
     operative anaesthesia assessment.
      [Commentary:
      The level determined above does not vary, for example, when complications arise during
      surgery.]
  2. E016C, E017C and E020C are not eligible for payment when anaesthesia is rendered to a brain
     dead patient for organ donations.

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