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A patient with osteoarthrosis presents for hip pain management. Under fluoroscopic guidance, the site for intra-articular injection was marked. The skin was prepped and draped and local anesthesia ...
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A patient with squamous cell carcinoma in two locations of the left ear was brought to our outpatient facility to undergo an excision of the adjacent lesions. The excision involved skin and subcuta...
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A patient with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was seen at our facility and deemed a candidate for fast track transtracheal oxygen catheter placement. Our coders assigne...
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A patient who underwent an ankle fusion previously was seen at our facility with areas of localized tenderness of the medial ankle. Work-up revealed a prominent screw head as the cause of the local...
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Can a transfusion code be reported for blood products or derivatives, such as Albumin?
...No. It would...
A pediatric patient arrives with a dislocated elbow due to jumping from a swing. While awaiting X-rays and labs the patient is given an intramuscular (IM) injection of morphine for pain control. Th...
The first mo...
A Medicare patient comes in with a dislocated hip after falling at home and lying on the floor overnight before being found by a neighbor. The patient is worked up in the emergency department (ED) ...
The IV infus...
A patient presents for scheduled arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He is prepped for surgery and an IV is started with a gram of Ancef administered through the IV.
Following surgery the patient ...
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A patient has a severe infection for which an IV piggyback antibiotic is ordered every eight hours for a certain number of days. The patient is not sick enough to be admitted as an inpatient and de...
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A patient with a known history of fungal sinus infections was scheduled for outpatient sinus surgery. Amphotericin B, 50 mg is ordered and administered to the patient immediately pre-op. Would it b...
The administ...