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At a recent conference the speaker said that if a patient has a PICC line insertion and a chest x-ray you can always put a modifier -59 on the chest x-ray because it is performed in a different are...
The insertio...
The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
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A patient was seen at our facility for a scheduled percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery with an insertion of an intracoronary drug covered stent. What ...
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The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
According to...
A patient was seen at our facility recently for the removal of a central venous catheter from the subclavian vein. Would it be appropriate to report this procedure with code 36535?
...No, it would...
The implantation of a cardiac resynchronization pacemaker is a new procedure being performed at our facility. Although similar to a conventional pacemaker, it requires the implantation of an additi...
At the prese...
A patient was seen at our facility for removal of a fishhook in his left thumb. Can you please clarify whether we can use modifier -52 with CPT code 10120, Removal of foreign body when the physicia...
It would not...
This patient had an infected polytetraflourethylene (PTFE) graft that was previously partially excised. The infection has now cleared and the patient presents for a reconstitution of a left upper a...
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When an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is performed what parts of the procedure may be coded separately?
Here is our dilemma: Earlier on the same day a patient un...
Code 43259, ...
This patient was seen at our facility with a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease that is partially controlled with a proton pump inhibitor. The patient continues to experience intermittent...
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