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A patient presents for repair of an umbilical hernia. The umbilical hernia sac was removed and the omentum was placed into the abdomen. Finger palpation revealed a small ventral hernia with a fasci...
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A woman with a long-standing history of morbid obesity is admitted for laparoscopic gastric bypass with Roux limb. The patient was also diagnosed with pelvic peritoneum adhesions and ventral hernia...
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An 80-year-old patient presents to the hospital for same day surgery to repair an incisional hernia. During the hernia repair with prosthesis, the physician noted extensive small bowel adhesions an...
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A patient underwent a cystoscopy which revealed the presence of a bladder tumor. He is now scheduled to have the tumor measuring 2.5 cm and the stalk measuring 1.2 cm resected. The tumor was resect...
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The removal of a fibrin sheath under fluoroscopic guidance with the use of a balloon catheter is reported with CPT codes 36595, Mechanical removal of pericatheter obstructive material (eg, fibr...
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The patient has a diagnosis of breast cancer and had an extensive re-excision of a segmental mastectomy site of the previous surgery. According to the pathology report, there were 7 frozen sections...
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What code(s), if any, would be reported for release of “trapped blood” when it’s performed following vein sclerotherapy? Some coders think CPT code 10160, Puncture aspiration of abscess, hema...
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How would you code a carpal tunnel release using the MANOS™ system? It is not done endoscopically, it uses ultrasound guidance for mapping of the surgical site for percutaneous positioning of the...
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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...
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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...