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There was an issue in Coding Clinic for HCPCS, 2nd Quarter, 2008 (page 5), which referred to excision of lesion but the surgeon failed to document lesion size. The response was to query th...
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In question 3 of the Third Quarter 2009 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it was advised that CPT code 77002, Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (g, biopsy, aspiration, injection, ...
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A 38 year old female with a history of subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis due to ulcerative colitis presents to our facility for proctoscopy and ileoscopy with biopsy. The patient ...
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A patient presents for an excision of a lesion on the back. The surgeon fails to document the lesion size or the margins in the operative report. The pathology report has the total size of th...
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A patient with a history of a total laryngectomy and tracheoesophageal puncture was seen for a blocked tracheoesophageal fistula and aphonia. Previous attempts in the office to clear the fist...
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A patient with cataract of the left eye presents for cataract extraction. It was also noted prior to surgery that the patient had a significant amount of astigmatism due to a pterygium.  ...
The incision...
A patient with pancreatic and biliary stents presents for removal of the stents via esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The physician uses a videoduodenoscope and removes both the biliary and p...
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A 24 year old patient with sphincter of Oddi dysfunction presents for removal of a biliary stent via an EGD. A videoendoscope is inserted into the oral cavity and multiple biopsies were taken...
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This patient with a diagnosis of scattered cystitis underwent a cystoscopic transurethral resection of the urachal remnant. The excision of urachal remnant is indexed to CPT code 51500, E...
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If an angioplasty is performed on both the arterial and venous sides of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula or graft during the same procedural encounter, would it be appropriate to report both HCPCS cod...
When an angi...