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A female patient diagnosed with tear of the subscapularis tendon, biceps tendonitis, subacromial and subcoracoid impingement, underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair of the subscapularis tendon,...
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This patient had a complete traumatic amputation of the fingers and thumb on his left hand. The left index and middle fingers were reattached. The left thumb, ring and small fingers were not able t...
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A 12-year-old patient with left proximal tibial procurvatum and varus deformity as well as a right leg length discrepancy as a result of a left Salter-Harris fracture presents for surgical correcti...
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For reporting knee and hip joint replacement procedures, ICD-10-PCS provides three values for the 7th character qualifier: “9,” Cemented, “A,” Uncemented, and “Z,” No qualifier. Most of...
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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...
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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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