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Patient had severe leg pain due to a large synovial cyst in the L5-S1 area. A hemilaminotomy, medial facetectomy, and foraminotomy were performed. Within the deep structures a gelatinous type cyst ...
A hemilamino...
Our facility is struggling with the correct way to report the Da Vinci assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy. Our coders want to assign CPT 58553 for the laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy since the ut...
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At our hospital, physicians are implanting the BaHa® osseointe-grated implant and the abutment in the outpatient surgical environment. Several weeks later, the patient will present to his/her phys...
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A patient seen at our facility for treatment of a left lower extremity wound with Integra and VAC placement. The wound measured 6 cm x 2.5 cm. The patient was taken to the operating room and under ...
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There was an issue in Coding Clinic for HCPCS, 2nd Quarter, 2008 (page 5), which referred to excision of lesion but the surgeon failed to document lesion size. The response was to query th...
No, the path...
In question 3 of the Third Quarter 2009 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it was advised that CPT code 77002, Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (g, biopsy, aspiration, injection, ...
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How are we able to identify the codes?
...The pr...
Would there ever an instance where “once in a lifetime” code(s) may be reported more than once?
...Yes. There a...
The term “once in a lifetime” may seem pretty self explanatory to many. However, for some, examples will make it crystal clear. Can you provide some code examples of these procedures?
...Following ar...
Our facility dermatologist provided us with an article regarding destruction of telangiectasia. The article stated it would be inappropriate to report code range 17106-17108 for this service. We ha...
It would be ...