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Physicians will occasionally perform image guided needle placement to aid excision of tissue in areas other than the breast. Please advise the appropriate needle placement code that would be assign...
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Can a hospital report CPT code 93350 + 93307 or 93351 for a stress echocardiogram? The stress and echo are performed in the same setting but by different departments.
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Are liquid adhesives considered a surgical fixation technique of a Xenograft? Would the use of Mastisol justify using CPT codes 15271-15278, Application of skin substitute graft …?
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A 33 year-old patient was seen at our facility for a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line insertion. A subcutaneous port was not placed in this procedure.
Would it be appropriat...
The reportin...
A 16-year-old patient inadvertently got his finger caught between his boat and the dock and suffered a crush injury to the right carpometacarpal. He underwent treatment of the open fracture as well...
Repair of a ...
What is the appropriate code assignment(s) for a laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA) procedure?
...Currently, t...
A patient was in the operating room (OR) suite being monitored by the anesthesiologist, but not yet given sedation/anesthesia. He was to have an epicardial lead placement (the pacemaker was already...
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At our facility, the physician performs an endometrial ablation utilizing the Novasure technique. Some have suggested assigning CPT code 58353, Endometrial ablation, thermal, without hysteroscopic ...
The Novasure...
A patient came in to our facility and had a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast. The following day the physician ordered a reconstruction of images of the lumbar s...
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Can CPT code 90760, Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, up to 1 hour, be reported by a critical access hospital (CAH) for an emergency department (ED) patient who received medically necessary...
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