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Under the cardiac catheterization section in the CPT codebook there is a sentence in regards to closure device placement. The sentence states: “Closure device placement at the vascular access sit...
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A 64 year old patient with bilateral chronic obstructive sinus disease and septal deviation presents for removal of a nasopharyngeal cystic mass. The patient, who is a CPAP user, was recommended fo...
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Our facility has recently obtained equipment to perform bedside serum ketones. This is done with the glucometer unit using strips different than the glucose strips. How should this service be repor...
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When contrast injection is performed prior to a therapeutic injection, such as a steroid and/or anesthesia injection into a disc, would the contrast injection be separately reported or is it consid...
Contrast inj...
A patient with persistent hoarseness and gastroesophageal disease presents for laryngoscopy. The patient was brought to the operating room and general endotracheal anesthesia was induced successful...
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When a patient has had a heart transplant for congenital heart disease and comes in for a heart catheterization, would it be appropriate to report the congenital cardiac catheterization codes in th...
If the curre...
A patient with chronic trochanteric hip bursitis presents to have arthroscopic bursectomy of the trochanter and iliotibial band release with partial resection of a spur on the greater trochanter. A...
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The patient suffered facial trauma which resulted with facial paralysis and lagophthalmos. The patient had placement of gold weight in the upper eyelid at that time. Now the patient presents to hav...
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A patient with an expandable prosthesis on two thirds of the femur who is status post resection for osteosarcoma, is now scheduled to undergo an expansion lengthening of the prosthetic device under...
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Our hospital recently performed a percutaneous tricuspid balloon valvuloplasty in our cardiac catheterization department. There does not appear to be an appropriate CPT code available for this proc...
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