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At our facility, the nurses now perform minor services for the patient (such as, suture removal, immunizations, wound check, etc.,). Would it be appropriate to report the services provided by the n...
Yes, it is a...
When would it be appropriate to append modifier -59 to a procedure? This patient comes into the Emergency Room and an Abdomen Series and Intravenous Pyelogram are ordered together. According to the...
Yes. The mod...
Periodically we see patients who are scheduled for drug therapy. However, sometimes the physician may cancel an encounter following review of lab or radiology reports. What is the policy regarding ...
There was no...
We are looking for guidance regarding the reporting of splints under APC’s. Would an aircast qualify for facility coding for splints? Would immobilizers qualify for strappings and are splints con...
Yes, strappi...
This patient had a diagnosis of extensive fourth degree hemorrhoids. The findings revealed large internal thrombosed hemorrhoids. According to the operative report an elliptical incision was made a...
According to...
Would it be appropriate to report cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) code 92950 when a patient suffers a cardiac arrest during a diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure or during a PTCA or co...
A cardiac ar...
We perform sensory testing where the therapists utilize pins to test where the patient has feeling versus paralysis. Test results are generated and filed in the medical record. What would be the ap...
The sensory ...
At our facility, surgeons are performing traditional surgical discectomies in order to repair a spinal disc herniation. This is typically being performed by making an incision into the disc annulus...
There is no ...
At our facility some physicians are performing a new protocol for wound care. They are referring to it as autologous tissue graft application with Acell membrane. This protocol requires that blood ...
Report CPT c...
Our facility is beginning to use a new cartilage allograft material, Zimmer DeNovo NT Natural Tissue Graft, during chondroplasty. This graft material is made of minced juvenile hyaline cartilage an...
It would not...