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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...

Per informat...

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...

It would be ...

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...

While there ...

A patient with known ischemic cardiomyopathy was seen at our facility. He is status post coronary artery bypass (CABG) and a bi-ventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. He was recently n...

Report CPT c...

A patient presents to our facility with degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the sacroiliac joint. The patient is prepped for surgery and two screws were placed

percutaneously into the sacroil...

Currently, t...

A patient with retrocalcaneal bursitis presents for excision of the bursa. How should this procedure be reported?

Currently, t...