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A patient with severe plantar atrophy due to surgery for plantar fibromatosis presents for plantar soft tissue repair/augmentation using the GraftJacket.
A pocket in the deep subcutane...
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A patient at our facility underwent a bronchoscopy and according to the procedure report, although the bronchoscope was introduced through the right nostril only the left bronchus and lung were exa...
A bronchosco...
In AHA’s Coding Clinic for HCPCS, 1st Quarter 2015, page 2, it is stated that CPT codes 11010-11012 would be reported for extensive debridement procedures performed for treatment of an o...
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An 18-month-old patient presents with a brachial plexus birth palsy. Based on other symptoms the patient presents for nerve transfer surgery to improve elbow flexion and shoulder function. Neuropla...
Report CPT 6...
A 7-month-old patient was seen at our facility with a left neck lymphatic malformation presenting for sclerotherapy. Can you clarify whether it would be appropriate to report an injection code (CPT...
Presently, t...
Patient is seen in multiple separate clinics. One clinic has a visit level, HCPCS code G0463, Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient, and the other cli...
Under the ho...
Under OPPS, is it appropriate for a hospital to report the placement of the On-Q Pain Pump when it is placed during an operative procedure or is it considered inherent to the primary procedure? If ...
Based on the...
This patient had a supracervical hysterectomy several years ago and is now coming in for a laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy, which is the same as a sacrocolpopexy (CPT code 57425) except that the cerv...
Sacrocervico...
A procedure known as Phonophoresis is provided in our physical medicine department. This procedure was explained to me as an ultrasound with application of a steroidal cream to push medication deep...
There is no ...
A patient had a kissing balloon angioplasty of bilateral common iliac arteries. In order to perform the procedure, a second access site had to be made. No diagnostic procedures are done...
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