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This patient is seen at the hospital’s outpatient infusion center. She presents with a clotted PICC line and has an order from the doctor for the nursing staff to declot the PICC line by flushing...
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Should we be using the modifier -50 on applicable radiology procedures? There is conflicting guidance. The program memorandum, Transmittal A-00-73, from CMS indicates that it is not acceptable to a...
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This patient is seen at our facility today with a complaint of constant severe back pain, for a refill of his spinal programmable pain pump. The plan is to change the concentration to 50 mg of morp...
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We are looking for a resource regarding the use of New vs. Established Evaluation and Management codes at hospital clinics (i.e., wound center, urgent care center, satellite primary care center). C...
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Is an intravenous (IV) piggyback of a therapeutic substance coded as an infusion or an injection?
...When medicat...
What is the difference between an IV injection of an antibiotic and an IV infusion of the same medication?
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This 31 year-old patient who is employed by the United States Post Office is being seen for anthrax exposure. She has no current medical complaints. However, due to the anthrax exposure her physici...
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A patient was seen at our facility due to possible anthrax exposure. A new rapid anthrax test was conducted. The results were negative. What are the appropriate code assignments for this case?
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In the Second Quarter HCPCS Coding Clinic, “Lets talk about Modifiers”, it was stated that modifier -50 should only be appended to surgical procedures.
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We are billing for an ambulatory surgical facility. We have revenue codes for many of the services provided at our facility but we have do not know which revenue codes are applicable for the operat...
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