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A patient with Charcot arthropathy of the right ankle presented for ankle and subtalar fusions using a hindfoot arthrodesis nail. The lateral aspect of the ankle was accessed over the fibula and th...
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A morbidly obese patient with a bulbar urethral stricture and existing supra pubic tube presents for perineal urethroplasty via partial urethrectomy with anastomosis. A perineal incision was made t...
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The Central Office has received several requests for clarification regarding the documentation requirement of the weight of the uterus when reporting CPT codes 58570, Laparoscopy, surgical, wit...
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A patient with a right inguinal hernia presented for laparoscopic repair. After the hernia was identified, tense ascites was noted within the hernia sac. The sac was opened and 5 liters of ascites ...
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A patient with abdominal pain and rectal bleeding presented for a colonoscopy. The colonoscope was introduced and advanced to the cecum. During the procedure, moderate-sized internal hemorrhoids we...
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A patient with appendicitis was taken to the operating room for a laparoscopic appendectomy. An intraumbilical incision was made and an incarcerated umbilical hernia was identified. The hernia cont...
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A patient with stenosis of the right and left external iliac veins and right and left common iliac veins presented for treatment. Access to the vasculature was from the left common femoral vein usi...
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A patient with an appendiceal tubular adenoma presented for a laparoscopic appendectomy with partial cecectomy. The ports were inserted, and the appendix and cecal cap were divided. The specimen wh...
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A patient presented with acute appendicitis and an inflamed cecum. Ports were placed and the appendix was removed laparoscopically. It was noted that there was exudate on the cecum, and while the c...
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A patient status post deep venous arterialization (DVA), a procedure in which arterial blood is shunted to the deep veins, presented with an endoleak at the proximal anastomosis at the left posteri...
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