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Some confusion exists among coders when assigning a CPT code for the excision of soft tissue of the axilla. Especially in the instance where there are no lymph nodes involved in the excision. Unfor...
The axillary...
Clarification is needed regarding whether it is appropriate to append a modifier to an unlisted CPT code. There are several CPT Assistants archives, which state that it is inappropriate be...
It would be ...
Please clarify if the coding instruction provided in AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS 3Q 2015 and Coding Clinic for HCPCS 2Q 2014 continues to apply in 2017 as it relates to hospital-b...
The guidance...
A patient with a history of bladder cancer, status post radical cystectomy, a T-pouch to the urethra, and a history of problems with afferent valve stenosis, is now being seen at our facility for s...
Based on the...
In the Second Quarter 2010 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, a patient underwent the implantation of a BaHa® osseointegrated implant. Following the procedure, the patient was scheduled to...
Under the ou...
A 15-year-old patient presents with a recurrent patellar instability. Attenuation of medial soft tissue structures as well as a tibial tubercle to trochlear groove (TT-TG) of greater than 20 was id...
Based on the...