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A patient who is one month post delayed breast reconstruction, tripped and fell resulting in dehiscence of her right breast incision and exposure of her tissue expander. She presents for washout an...
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Our facility has begun performing laser procedures on burn scars using both CO2 laser and pulsed dye laser (PDL). In one example, a patient who had sustained burns to 70% of total body surface area...
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Patient with lumbosacral degenerative disc disease presents for basivertebral nerve ablation. A small incision was made and under fluoroscopic guidance the introducer trocar is inserted percutaneou...
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A patient with a left knee anterior cruciate ligament tear, torn lateral meniscus and retained hardware from a previous anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction presented for a left knee arthrosco...
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A patient with breast cancer presented for a mastectomy with lymph node dissection. The day prior to surgery, the patient had a SAVI SCOUT® reflector placed in the axillary lymph node metastasis t...
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Patient with Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy presents for evaluation of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and an intrathecal injection of Spinraza. Under direct fluoroscopic guidance a lumbar puncture was...
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Patient with severe scoliosis and spinal hardware presents for evaluation of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and an intrathecal injection of Spinraza. Samples of CSF were obtained. A microcatheter with...
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Patient with an encephalocele and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak which caused inflammation of the mastoid mucosa presents for transmastoid repair of the encephalocele with mastoid obliteration. A...
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The Central Office has received several requests for clarification regarding code assignment for multiple hernia repairs with respect to previously published advice. In Coding Clinic for HCPCS...
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