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We are in the process of building a single line item charge in a chargemaster to include the supply and the placement procedure for drug eluting stents. What would the appropriate revenue code be f...
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At our facility we were using codes C1762 (Connective tissue human tissue lata) and C1763 (Connective tissue non-human) for sclera tissue purchased from the eye bank. What codes would I use n...
Effective Ja...
When a patient has a laboratory panel test (eg. 80053) and then due to an abnormal result has a repeat individual test performed (eg. 84520) which modifier is more appropriate to append to the CPT ...
When a patie...
At a recent conference the speaker said that if a patient has a PICC line insertion and a chest x-ray you can always put a modifier -59 on the chest x-ray because it is performed in a different are...
The insertio...
The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
According to...
A patient was seen at our facility for a scheduled percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery with an insertion of an intracoronary drug covered stent. What ...
Report code ...
The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
According to...
A patient was seen at our facility recently for the removal of a central venous catheter from the subclavian vein. Would it be appropriate to report this procedure with code 36535?
...No, it would...
The implantation of a cardiac resynchronization pacemaker is a new procedure being performed at our facility. Although similar to a conventional pacemaker, it requires the implantation of an additi...
At the prese...
A patient was seen at our facility for removal of a fishhook in his left thumb. Can you please clarify whether we can use modifier -52 with CPT code 10120, Removal of foreign body when the physicia...
It would not...