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A patient status post bilateral mastectomies develops necrotic skin edges of the mastectomy flap sites on both breasts. She presents for excision of the necrotic skin edges. After the a...
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A patient with osteomyelitis of the second metatarsal of the left foot and diabetes mellitus presents for debridement of the osteomyelitis. Following debridement of the osteomyelitis, applica...
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Patients at our facility sometimes present for ligation of their arteriovenous (AV) fistula due to poor maturation of the fistula. This procedure is commonly performed as the only procedure o...
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A Medicare patient was seen at our facility, by her request, for a preventive physical examination. The patient recently relocated from out of state where she received a preventive physical examina...
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A Medicare patient was seen for an initial preventive physical examination and an electrocardiogram. In the past, Medicare normally would not cover the preventive physical examination.
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When a patient is seen for initial preventive medicine examination and is also seen by an internal medicine physician for a breast mass noted during the preventive care exam, how would this be repo...
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A patient with symptomatic high-grade stenosis in the right internal and common carotid artery was seen today at our facility for carotid stenting. A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent...
A stent plac...
A 53-year-old man diagnosed with rotator cuff tear is scheduled to undergo a mini-open repair. Our surgeons perform a lot of rotator cuff repairs via this technique. We are questioning the appropri...
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What is the correct way to report 30mg of Depo Medrol? There are three choices, do you report HCPCS codes J1020 x2 or J1030-52 or J1020? If you report HCPCS code J1020 that is listed by 20mg, how w...
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If a patient comes in for a laceration on two fingers on the same hand, and on one finger he gets a dermabond and on the other finger he gets a laceration repair, can we apply a modifier to specify...
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