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A woman with a long-standing history of morbid obesity is admitted for laparoscopic gastric bypass with Roux limb. The patient was also diagnosed with pelvic peritoneum adhesions and ventral hernia...
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An 80-year-old patient presents to the hospital for same day surgery to repair an incisional hernia. During the hernia repair with prosthesis, the physician noted extensive small bowel adhesions an...
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A patient underwent a cystoscopy which revealed the presence of a bladder tumor. He is now scheduled to have the tumor measuring 2.5 cm and the stalk measuring 1.2 cm resected. The tumor was resect...
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The removal of a fibrin sheath under fluoroscopic guidance with the use of a balloon catheter is reported with CPT codes 36595, Mechanical removal of pericatheter obstructive material (eg, fibr...
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The patient has a diagnosis of breast cancer and had an extensive re-excision of a segmental mastectomy site of the previous surgery. According to the pathology report, there were 7 frozen sections...
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What code(s), if any, would be reported for release of “trapped blood” when it’s performed following vein sclerotherapy? Some coders think CPT code 10160, Puncture aspiration of abscess, hema...
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How would you code a carpal tunnel release using the MANOS™ system? It is not done endoscopically, it uses ultrasound guidance for mapping of the surgical site for percutaneous positioning of the...
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A patient with a right quadriceps tendon rupture with an extensive retinaculum tear underwent an open repair of the tendon rupture and the retinaculum tear. Our dilemma is that some of the coders f...
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What is the appropriate way to report the application of air casts in the outpatient hospital setting? Is there a difference between an air cast and an air splint? Is an air cast or air splint cons...
The applicat...
In the 3rd Quarter 2009 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it was advised to report CPT codes 36558, Insertion of tunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter, without subcutaneous port o...
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