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This patient was seen at our facility three weeks previously for a diagnostic mammogram. The physician documented a right breast mass, probable carcinoma. She is now scheduled to undergo an excisio...
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When inserting a left ventricular lead into the coronary sinus vein, it may be necessary to perform a coronary venotomy. My thoughts are that the venotomy would be included as the approach since th...
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This patient was seen in our facility for a coronary atherectomy, a percutaneous transcatheter coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and insertion of a coronary stent into the right coronary artery. Are all ...
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This patient was seen in our facility with a history of tearing from the left eye due to nasal lacrimal duct obstruction. The patient was scheduled to undergo a balloon catheter nasal lacrimal duct...
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This patient, with a history of chronic sesamoiditis of the right metatarsophalangeal joint and hammertoe, right third and fourth toes, was seen at our facility for hammertoe correction and sesamoi...
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This patient was seen at our facility for the removal of a Groshong catheter. Would code 36535 be assigned based on the type of device removed even though the description of the procedure does not ...
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This is a 53-year-old male who is seen in the emergency department (ED) after a fall. The patient was evaluated and x-rays were ordered. On review of the x-rays the emergency department physician d...
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This patient is a 65-year-old female who presents to the hospital orthopedic outpatient clinic for a one-week follow-up of a displaced right patella. The right long-leg cast was removed due to poor...
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This 39-year-old patient was seen in the emergency room with complaints of stabbing pain at her elbow. She stated that while reaching to catch her 3-year-old son falling from a chair she felt a sta...
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Can you code a screening mammogram for a patient that has had a mastectomy on one side, and it is documented in the record that the mammogram was unilateral, by appending modifier -52 to code 76092...
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