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RESOURCES ASA PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Last approved by the ASA House of Delegates on October 15, 2014
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ASA I A normal healthy patient Healthy, non-smoking, no or minimal alcohol
use
ASA II A patient with mild systemic disease Mild diseases only without substantive
functional limitations. Examples include (but not
limited to): current smoker, social alcohol
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drinker, pregnancy, obesity (30 T H< E40),
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well-controlled DM/HTN, mild lung disease
ASA III A patient with severe systemic disease Substantive functional limitations; One or more
moderate to severe diseases. Examples
include (but not limited to): poorly controlled
DM or HTN, COPD, morbid obesity (BMI ≥40),
active hepatitis, alcohol dependence or abuse,
implanted pacemaker, moderate reduction of
ejection fraction, ESRD undergoing regularly
scheduled dialysis, premature infant PCA < 60
weeks, history (>3 months) of MI, CVA, TIA, or
CAD/stents.
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ASA IV A patient with severe systemic disease that is Examples include (but not limited to): recent ( <
' a constant threat to life 3 months) MI, CVA, TIA, or CAD/stents,
ongoing cardiac ischemia or severe valve
dysfunction, severe reduction of ejection
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fraction, sepsis, DIC, ARD or ESRD not
undergoing regularly scheduled dialysis
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ASA V A moribund patient who is not expected to Examples include (but not limited to): ruptured
survive without the operation abdominal/thoracic aneurysm, massive trauma,
intracranial bleed with mass effect, ischemic
bowel in the face of significant cardiac
pathology or multiple organ/system dysfunction
ASA VI A declared brain-dead patient whose organs
are being removed for donor purposes
*The addition of “E” denotes Emergency surgery: (An emergency is defined as existing when delay in
treatment of the patient would lead to a significant increase in the threat to life or body part)
These definitions appear in each annual edition of the ASA Relative Value Guide®. There is no
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