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A patient with a previous anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and subsequent reconstruction is experiencing lack of full extension of the left knee. The patient now presents for debridement of ...
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A patient with mechanical left upper eyelid ptosis presents for blepharoptosis repair by internal approach. Once the patient was prepped, a bridle suture was passed through skin, orbicularis and th...
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A 5-year-old child with neurogenic scoliosis presented for application of a Mehta cast to prevent curvature progression. Under general anesthesia, the patient was placed on the Risser casting table...
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A patient with a colon mass presented for colonoscopy. After sedation, the colonoscope was introduced into the anal canal and advanced; the physician found a mass in the cecum with intussusception....
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A patient with lumbosacral spondylosis and left facet arthrosis presents for a lumbar facet joint medial branch rhizotomy of the nerves of the L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1 facet joints. Using a slightly...
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Coding Clinic for HCPCS Third Quarter 2019, Page 9, advised to report 4 units of code 64640, for radiofrequency ablation of the lateral branches of the L5 dorsal ramus and S1, S2 ...
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When a medial branch lumbar facet joint rhizotomy (64635) is performed at the same surgical episode as a lateral branch rhizotomy of the L5 dorsal ramus (64625), would it be appropriate to report b...
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Coding Clinic for HCPCS Third Quarter 2021 published an article titled “Knee arthroplasty procedures.” On page three there is a table that shows CPT code 27438 is assigned for patella ...
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A patient with a right indirect inguinal hernia presented for surgical repair. After administration of general anesthesia, a transverse incision was made overlying the right inguinal canal which wa...
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For the patient in the above scenario should the excision of the spermatic cord lipoma be reported in addition to the indirect hernia repair. Some coding professionals are interpreting the advice i...
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