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An 80-year-old female patient presented to our facility with a defect in her earlobes due to the wearing of heavy earrings over an extended period of time. The surgeon repaired the bilateral ...
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The current practice at our facility is to report a CPT code for splint application whenever any type of splint is applied on a patient. We have been using splint application codes for air ca...
Yes, it woul...
There were two lesions excised from a single incision of the same breast. However, one excision was by preoperative wire and the other was an excision of a nodule. Would it be correct t...
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How do I report HCPCS code G0378 for observation when the patient is admitted to observation on one date and discharged on another date? For example, a patient is admitted to observation at 2...
When the pat...
Based on clinical documentation in the health record an established patient with a nonhealing wound of the left lower extremity returns from the Wound Care Center with an established plan of care f...
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May a hospital bill for the facility-based evaluation and management services associated with a patient visit in the emergency department if a nurse or mid-level provider, but not a physician, prov...
Per informat...
Is a hospital facility allowed to bill for facility-based E/M services associated with a patient visit to the facility’s emergency department?
...Yes, it is a...
A patient arrives at the exam area of a hospital-based outpatient cancer center and a licensed nurse observes that the patient is experiencing shortness of breath.
The nurse performs an...
It would be ...
Our facility needs clarification on how to appropriately report external fetal monitoring which is often performed in the hospital outpatient setting (ED/ER).
CPT codes 59050, Fetal...
It would not...
A patient is seen at our facility for concurrent chemotherapy administration. 888 mg of Leucovorin is administered intravenously for 2 hours. 142 mg of Oxaliplatin
is administered via IV piggyba...
Leucovorin i...