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This patient has an infection from a clavicular fracture fixation rod. The rod is removed via a posterior shoulder approach, and the resultant intramedullary canal site is debride...
Patient presents to the emergency department for incision and drainage (I&D) of multiple abscesses. Purulent fluid was drained from the abscesses of the left quadriceps and th...
A patient presents to have a diagnostic laparoscopy with lysis of dense adhesions of the bowel and omentum (previous ruptured appendix) and drainage of bilateral endometriomas. On...
The patient presents to the pain clinic for a bilateral lower extremity sympathetic nerve block via epidural approach. An epidural needle was utilized and needle placement at the ...
When a patient has a cystourethroscopy with bladder biopsies and also has bilateral retrograde pyelograms, is it appropriate to report CPT code 52005-59 times 2 to indicate that b...
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) technology utilizes near-infrared light to create high-resolution images for intracoronary vessels, lumen morphology, and other vascular imaging...
Our facility is having difficulty finding an appropriate HCPCS code for subcutaneous injection of interferon beta-1A. In CY 2011, HCPCS J code J1825 was deleted, however, Q codes ...
Patient presents for insertion of bilateral ureteral stents via endoscopy through an existing ileal conduit. The flexible cystoscope was inserted into the ureteral conduit, contrast was injected an...
The stents w...
Patients at our facility have breast lesion excisions to a depth that includes skin and subcutaneous tissue and some that require resection to the muscle. Some of the lesions are identified by a lo...
The CP...
A patient was seen at our facility for a pocket repositioning of an InterStim generator. Our coders have a dilemma regarding the correct code assignment for this procedure.
Neither the...
Based on the...