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A patient with pelvic floor pain and pelvic floor muscle high-tone dysfunction was administered bilateral botulinum injections in the pelvic floor muscles. A bilateral pudendal block was given unde...
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A patient with left lower extremity varicose veins presented for stripping and ligation of the accessory saphenous vein in addition to excision of cluster varicosities in the lower leg. A small inc...
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A patient with right breast cancer and bilateral breast papillomas presented for bilateral lumpectomies with oncoplastic reconstruction. Following the removal of tissue via lumpectomy, reconstructi...
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A patient with Charcot arthropathy of the right ankle presented for ankle and subtalar fusions using a hindfoot arthrodesis nail. The lateral aspect of the ankle was accessed over the fibula and th...
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A morbidly obese patient with a bulbar urethral stricture and existing supra pubic tube presents for perineal urethroplasty via partial urethrectomy with anastomosis. A perineal incision was made t...
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The Central Office has received several requests for clarification regarding the documentation requirement of the weight of the uterus when reporting CPT codes 58570, Laparoscopy, surgical, wit...
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A patient with a right inguinal hernia presented for laparoscopic repair. After the hernia was identified, tense ascites was noted within the hernia sac. The sac was opened and 5 liters of ascites ...
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A patient with abdominal pain and rectal bleeding presented for a colonoscopy. The colonoscope was introduced and advanced to the cecum. During the procedure, moderate-sized internal hemorrhoids we...
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A patient with appendicitis was taken to the operating room for a laparoscopic appendectomy. An intraumbilical incision was made and an incarcerated umbilical hernia was identified. The hernia cont...
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During the administration of bamlanivimab, a patient had a reaction to the medication causing the infusion to be discontinued. Is it appropriate to append modifier 52, Reduced Services, to...
If the infus...