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A patient is seen at our facility for an excisional debridement of severe gouty tophi of the left index and long finger of the proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints. Our coders...
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A patient with a history of a hiatal hernia repair and Nissen fundoplication in 2013 was seen at our facility and found to have a recurrent hiatal hernia with dysphagia ultraand reflux, twisting of...
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Patient presents for ultrasound (US) guided injection in the left carpometacarpal joint for pain due to osteoarthritis and a corticosteroid ultrasound (US) guided injection in the right sacroiliac ...
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The patient underwent a previous left thyroidectomy lobectomy. The final pathology results showed papillary thyroid cancer. The patient now returns for a completion right thyroidectomy with central...
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A patient underwent an incision and drainage procedure at our facility. According to the operative report, an incision was made over the lesion and purulent material was expressed. Loculations were...
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A patient is seen for implantation of a single chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Based on documentation the defibrillation threshold testing (DFT) was not performed because the ...
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Per Coding Clinic for HCPCS newsletters from 2013 and 2009, previous coding advice provided guidance to use CPT code 77002, Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (e.g., biopsy, aspiration,...
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Is CPT code 77081, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bone density study, 1 or more sites; appendicular skeleton (peripheral) (e.g., radius, wrist, heel), included in CPT code 77080,...
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A patient seen at our facility received a right heart catheterization and heart biopsy. According to the documentation, the catheter was guided into the right side of the heart and passed into the ...
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There is a polyp in the sigmoid and transverse colon; one removed via cold, the other snare. Would I append modifier 59 or XS in this case? I have been appending modifier 59 because XS states separ...
Since there ...