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A patient with a syrinx around the C4 level presents for shunting to drain the syrinx. A small incision in the pia was made and the shunt tube was threaded into the cyst cavity. Clear cystic fluid ...
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A patient with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax presents for right talc pleurodesis via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). A right-sided thoracoscopy was performed, and followed by plac...
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A 70-year-old male with first and second degree atrioventricular (AV) blocks as well as right bundle branch block presents for insertion of a leadless pacemaker. A leadless pacemaker was inserted v...
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In Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2013, pages 116-117, information was published about the device character for the insertion of a totally implantable central venous access device (port-a-c...
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The patient presents for decompressive lumbar laminectomy. The surgeon performed an open complete decompressive laminectomy of L3-L4, as well as superior partial laminectomy of L5, and inferior par...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Second Quarter 2013, page 39, advised to assign codes: 0RS1XZZ, Reposition cervical vertebral joint, external approach, and 2W60X0Z, Traction of head using...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Fourth Quarter 2013, pages 126-127, provided advice about the creation of a percutaneous cutaneoperitoneal fistula. This advice is problematic. The root op...
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A patient is seen in an outpatient clinic for cardiac arrhythmia. The patient is sent home with an external electrocardiographic recording device capable of capturing up to 48 hours of ECG data wit...
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How should 24- to 48-hour outpatient ECG monitoring using external (wearable) device be coded?
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Is the harvesting of the rectus fascia through a separate incision separately reported with CPT code 20926, Tissue grafts, other (e.g., paratenon, fat, dermis), when performed for a rectus...
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