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Our facility is seeking clarification regarding the appropriate reporting of pulmonary vein isolation ...
A patient with severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ with possible invasion of the anterior right true vocal fold pres...
A 67 year old female patient presents for laparoscopic repair of a right inguinal hernia. A midline in...
Traditionally low osmolar contrast material (LOCM) HCPCS code range Q9965-Q9967 and high osmolar contr...
Our facility needs clarification regarding how to correctly assign colonoscopy codes for ablation, destruction, and rem...
Patient with diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and dialysis dependent, has developed ischemic hand ul...
This patient with a history of severe endometriosis underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy at our facility. Following confirmation of bilateral tubal disease, chromotubation and a hysteroscopy with rem...
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When a benign lesion is excised from the arm, 0.4 cm (11400) and another benign lesion is excised from the hand at 0.4 cm (11420, a correct coding initiative (CCI) edit is not elicited, although it...
Modifier 59 ...
We are concerned with the overuse of modifier 59. Some of our coders feel that modifier 59 should not be reported unless you get a CCI edit and others contend that whenever modifier 59 is warranted...
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This patient had a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band performed a few months ago. She is now being seen at the facility for a lap band fill by injection under fluoroscopic imaging guidance.
An adjustabl...