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Patient presents for treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture of the left hand and sesamoid arthritis. The pretendinous cords over the third and fourth metacarpals of the palm area were injected with...
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A patient with Achilles tendinosis received an injection of Amniofix to the left Achilles tendon. Based on the operative report the Amniofix was reconstituted with injectable saline and then inject...
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A patient underwent a right nipple-sparing mastectomy and a left skin-sparing mastectomy with a left axillary dissection. Should CPT code 19307, Mastectomy, modified radical, including axillary...
A skin-spari...
The physician orders a 24-hour urine calcium and we assigned CPT code 82340, Calcium; urine quantitative, timed specimen. However, at some of our labs, a 24-hour urine calcium test always ...
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A patient with chronic pelvic pain and severe dyspareunia presents for laparoscopy. The patient was brought to the operating room and given general anesthesia. The laparoscopy was started and numer...
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A patient presents to have a diagnostic laparoscopy with lysis of dense adhesions of the bowel and omentum (previous ruptured appendix) and drainage of bilateral endometriomas.
Once th...
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Patient presents with adhesions of the ossicular chain with reduced mobility and other diagnoses. A tympanotomy was performed and a flap created and elevated. The ossicular chain became visible and...
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Patient with a history of laparoscopic and hysteroscopic myomectomy, previous abdominoplasty presents with extensive adhesions.
Extensive lysis of adhesions were performed to free the ...
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Should the intravenous (IV) formulation for Stelara be submitted under J3357 or J3590?
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How is HCPCS code J3490, Unclassified drugs reported?
...HCPCS code J...