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An 80-year-old patient presents to the hospital for same day surgery to repair an incisional hernia. During the hernia repair with prosthesis, the physician noted extensive small bowel adhesions an...
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A patient underwent a cystoscopy which revealed the presence of a bladder tumor. He is now scheduled to have the tumor measuring 2.5 cm and the stalk measuring 1.2 cm resected. The tumor was resect...
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The removal of a fibrin sheath under fluoroscopic guidance with the use of a balloon catheter is reported with CPT codes 36595, Mechanical removal of pericatheter obstructive material (eg, fibr...
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The patient has a diagnosis of breast cancer and had an extensive re-excision of a segmental mastectomy site of the previous surgery. According to the pathology report, there were 7 frozen sections...
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What code(s), if any, would be reported for release of “trapped blood” when it’s performed following vein sclerotherapy? Some coders think CPT code 10160, Puncture aspiration of abscess, hema...
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How would you code a carpal tunnel release using the MANOS™ system? It is not done endoscopically, it uses ultrasound guidance for mapping of the surgical site for percutaneous positioning of the...
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A patient is seen in an outpatient clinic for cardiac arrhythmia. The patient is sent home with an external electrocardiographic recording device capable of capturing up to 48 hours of ECG data wit...
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How should 24- to 48-hour outpatient ECG monitoring using external (wearable) device be coded?
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Is the harvesting of the rectus fascia through a separate incision separately reported with CPT code 20926, Tissue grafts, other (e.g., paratenon, fat, dermis), when performed for a rectus...
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How should the administration of testosterone cypionate 200 mg be correctly reported? We were told by our payor that we can only report up to 2 units of HCPCS code J1071, Injection, testosterone cy...
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