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The patient suffered lower gastrointestinal bleeding and was treated with endovascular embolization using microcoils to stop the blood flow. The bleeding site was found in the proximal left descend...
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Working at a psychiatric hospital, we often come across the diagnosis of “complicated bereavement.” What is the correct code for “complicated bereavement” when there is no mention of adjust...
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If a physician documents heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), heart failure with preserved systolic function, and/or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), heart f...
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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Fourth Quarter 2007, in discussion of chemoembolization, it is stated that “it would not be appropriate to separately report the administration of the chemotherapeutic...
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Patient has an infusion port, port-a-cath or a central venous access device that flushes sluggishly due to obstruction (clot). Instead of saline or heparin being used to irrigate or flush the acces...
If the docum...
A patient with arthritis of the thumb presents with basal joint arthroplasty, capsulodesis of the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint and tendon transfers of the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB), and flex...
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During an operative session for insertion of a pacemaker, a lead was successfully placed in the apex of the right ventricle (RV). After placement of the RV lead, a lead was then placed in the left ...
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What is the correct CPT code for a percutaneous core needle biopsy and fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the vaginal cuff? Both the FNA and core biopsy were performed at the same site percutaneously,...
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