Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations

Anesthesia Coding • Auditing • Compliance • Education

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Hi! My name is Dianne C. Moseley, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CANPC, creator of Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations. I am a healthcare professional with more than 32 years of experience in revenue cycle management and 15 years focused specifically on anesthesia coding, auditing, compliance, and education. Throughout my career, I have worked across multiple areas of the revenue cycle, giving me a broad understanding of how documentation, coding, compliance, and reimbursement work together. My passion has always been education—taking complicated coding concepts and making them easier to understand and apply in the real world. That passion is what led to the creation of Chart Talk. What began as a place to have conversations about anesthesia coding is growing into a comprehensive educational resource for anesthesia coders, auditors, educators, and compliance professionals. Chart Talk brings together practical coding guidance, anatomy-based education, documentation and compliance resources, auditing insights, quick-reference guides, educational series, and real-world discussions about the challenges we encounter every day in anesthesia coding. My goal is not simply to provide an answer to a coding question, but to encourage coders to understand why an answer is correct—by learning the anatomy, reviewing the documentation, researching authoritative guidance, and developing the confidence to make well-supported coding decisions. Welcome to Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations — where we learn, question, research, and grow together.

CANPC Practice Sets

Strengthen your anesthesia coding knowledge through realistic, scenario-based practice. These CANPC-focused practice sets are designed to help anesthesia coders apply coding guidelines, documentation requirements, modifiers, medical direction concepts, regional anesthesia principles, and audit/compliance reasoning.

Important: These practice sets are independent educational resources created by Chart Talk ~ Anesthesia Coding Conversations. They are not official CANPC examination questions and are not affiliated with or endorsed by AAPC. They are intended for educational and practice purposes only.

How to Use These Practice Sets

Work through each practice set before reviewing the answers and rationales. Focus not only on selecting the correct code or modifier, but also on understanding why the answer is supported. Use the rationales to identify areas for additional study and return to the authoritative coding resources referenced when further review is needed.

CANPC Practice Set #1

Focus: Anesthesia coding fundamentals, CPT/ASA code selection, modifiers, medical direction, regional anesthesia, and audit/compliance reasoning.

This practice set includes realistic anesthesia coding scenarios designed to test both code selection and the reasoning behind the coding decision. Answers and concise rationales are included for self-review.

View/Download Practice Set #1

CANPC Practice Set #2

Focus: Anesthesia CPT/ASA coding, modifiers, medical direction, regional anesthesia, documentation, and audit/compliance application.

Continue building your anesthesia coding skills with another set of realistic scenarios. Work through each question before reviewing the answers and rationales to strengthen both coding accuracy and decision-making.

View/Download Practice Set #2

More Practice Sets Coming

New CANPC Practice Sets will be added every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Check back throughout the week for new anesthesia coding scenarios designed to strengthen your knowledge, application, and coding decision-making skills

Each new set will include answers and concise rationales to help you understand not only the correct answer, but the reasoning behind it.

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