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Patient presents to have a mass of the left breast and a left axillary lymph node biopsied. The left breast nodule was identified and via direct sonographic guidance the needle was inserted and two...
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Patient presents for excision of a pressure wound from the below-knee amputation (BKA) stump. Electrocautery was used to excise the wound and again to undermine the wound edges. The skin in the are...
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A 36 year-old patient presents for insertion of a single lumen midline catheter for intravenous access for infusion. The right brachial vein above the antecubital fossa was accessed using ultrasoun...
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We are trying to determine the appropriate CPT coding for a transurethral prostate biopsy. Sometimes an instrument such as a cutting loop or clamshell grasper is used, but the instrument utilized i...
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An ESRD patient was on his way to his ESRD facility for a regularly scheduled dialysis. The patient experienced substernal chest pain and before reaching the ESRD facility, the patient stopped at t...
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A patient suffering from severe dehydration presents to the ED of a local hospital. It is determined that the patient is in acute renal failure and requires dialysis. The patient receives dialysis ...
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Can you round up to the nearest whole number when 2 mg of a drug is administered and the code descriptor specifies up to 10 mg?
...Yes, for exa...
Our doctors inject patients with Kenalog, J3301, Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg, and other steroid injections. If a patient is injected bilaterally in t...
The HCPCS J-...
How do you report units of a “Not Otherwise Classified” drug?
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Our facility is performing carboplatin or cistplatin desensitization for patients who have reacted to either drug according to the attached protocol. The desensitization procedure is a combination ...
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