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We are concerned about the NCCI edit for codes 77401-77416 for radiation treatment sessions. At our facility radiation treatment may be delivered to more than one area during a single session. How ...
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A 14-year-old patient was brought to the emergency department with severe pain and swelling of his left ankle. He sustained an injury when he fell off his skateboard on the school playground. A 2-v...
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This 10-year-old boy was struck by an automobile while riding his bicycle in the street. He suffered an open fracture of the shaft of the left tibia and fibula. The patient was scheduled for ambula...
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We are concerned about the NCCI edit for codes 77401-77416 for radiation treatment sessions. At our facility radiation treatment may be delivered to more than one area during a single session. How ...
It is approp...
Radiation therapy treatments are provided at our outpatient hospital facility. A question has recently surfaced among our staff regarding the reporting of treatment management services (77427-77431...
The hospital...
At our facility some of the patients receive multiple sessions of radiation therapy services on the same day. Would it appropriate to utilize modifier -59 if a certain amount of time passes between...
When multipl...
An end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient was on his way to a dialysis center for a regularly scheduled dialysis. The patient experienced substernal chest pain and stopped at the Community Hospital...
Although, yo...
Is it appropriate for a hospital outpatient facility to report code 30300 for the removal of an object or foreign body from the nose performed in the emergency room? This procedure was performed wi...
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This patient was seen at our facility with bleeding from a chronic venous stasis leg ulcer. The ulcer has been bleeding intermittently for the past four months and the patient states that he has be...
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The November 1, 2002 final rule indicated that for direct admits to observation “either G0263 or G0264 would be billed depending on the final diagnosis supporting the direct admission observation...
The Centers ...