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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scale Class I: A normal healthy individual Class II: A patient with mild to moderate systemic disease Class III: A patient with severe systemic disease that limits activity but is not incapacitating Class IV: A patient with incapacitating systemic disease that is a constant threat to life Class V: A moribund patient who is not expected to survive 24 hours with or without operation Class VI: A clinically dead patient being maintained for harvesting organs ASA - E: Emergent operations Adapted from: Feigal DW, Med Clin North Am 1979; 63:1131.