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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...

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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...

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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...

We are trying to assign HCPCS codes for supplies used in spinal fusion procedures. There are reamers and pins used which are not reusable and must be replaced with each procedure. What would be the...

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Can you please clarify the items included in HCPCS Code C1821, Interspinous process distraction device (implantable)? My research indicates there are two types of interspinous spacers - st...

There is onl...

What is the appropriate code for a patient that was administered nitroglycerin lingual spray with a chief complaint of chest pain?

Currently, t...

At our facility there are many instances where a nurse performs a straight catheterization for urine collection. In some of these cases the patients have urinary problems, however, in the majority ...

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