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A 77-year-old female found to have a right ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction with poor drainage of the kidney underwent a retrograde and ureteral stent placement previously. She is now...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has published two new codes for smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit (99406 and 99407). If our hospital respiratory therapists provide thi...
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This patient with a diagnosis of bony exostosis and scarring and fibrosis of the extensor tendon underwent an exostectomy of the right second toe metatarsal head with excision of extensive scarring...
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A patient is admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and gas. The nurse inserts a naso-gastric tube per physician’s order and documents the insertion. Wou...
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A patient with a deviated nasal septum underwent a septoplasty. It was also noted that both inferior turbinates were hypertrophic thus reducing his nasal airway. The surgeon performed a...
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A patient is taken to a minor procedure room for a planned hemorrhoid banding, and after examination of hemorrhoids and “pinch test” by the physician, the procedure was not performed at the phy...
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Can hospitals use modifiers 73 and 74 to indicate a terminated procedure when another procedure has been completed during the same operative session? Can
hospitals submit 35474-74 fo...
Yes, hospita...
A patient was seen at our facility for a planned femoral angioplasty and angiography. The angiography was completed but the angioplasty was not started because the physician could not cross t...
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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Third Quarter 2006, page 7, question 16 stated that the patient arrived in the emergency department (ED) with an intravenous (IV) hydration infusion that was st...
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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Third Quarter 2006, page 12, question 24 stated how would we report three different substances that are bagged and administered via three separate IV pushes? &n...
No, it would...