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We would like to obtain clarification on the appropriate use of CPT code 87046, Bacterial stool culture, additional pathogens, isolation and presumptive identification of isolates.
In 2003, w...
CPT code 870...
What is the correct administration code (Q0084 or Q0081) under the hospital OPPS when giving a biologic response modifier for a cancer diagnosis? Would the chemotherapy be defined by the drug class...
A biologic r...
Under OPPS facility coding, if one physician performs conscious sedation for another physician who is performing a procedure such as a closed humerus reduction (HCPCS 24505), is it appropriate to c...
Under the ho...
Is there a guideline or rule that indicates that you should only use the medical record documentation for that specific visit for diagnosis coding purposes? Does each visit stand-alone? Would the c...
Outpatient c...
The patient sustained a laceration to the lower lip. On examination the physician documented a 1-cm through-and-through laceration to the lower lip and 6-mm laceration of the inner aspect of the lo...
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A 41-year-old female with symptomatic right renal cyst underwent an ultrasonic renal cyst aspiration followed by alcohol instillation. A renal cystogram under fluoroscopic guidance was also perform...
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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...
29125-LT—A...
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...
Code 76092 f...