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We have been given advice that injections given during CPR (CPT code 92950) (lidocaine and epinephrine for example) are not included in CPR and, therefore, should be coded separately. However, acco...
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How do we bill Depomedrol 120mg since HCPCS codes J1020-J1040 are mg specific? Also, if injecting Depomedrol 80mg (J1040) in both knees, how should this be reported?
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In the 4th Quarter 2008 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Question 8 was published regarding how to appropriately report blood draws from a heplock/saline lock. Several options were provid...
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Would there ever be an instance where a HCPCS Level II code would be reported with no other CPT code, for example, a colonoscopy? Would it be appropriate to report HCPCS G0104, G0105, or G0106 with...
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A 44-year old female patient presents to the emergency room suffering from dental pain due to a cracked tooth. The patient states she has had gradual worsening of her pain for the last several days...
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Dilute Russell’s Viper Venom time (DVV) is a test we perform to test for lupus anticoagulation. Two distinct reagents exist for this test, a DVV test reagent (low phospholipid) and DVV confirm re...
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Initially, this patient was seen in our facility with a history of an amputated portion of the skin and soft tissue of the tip of his left second digit. On physical examination exposed bone and sof...
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A 67 year old patient status post previous fracture repair and free flap presents now with an infected nonunion fracture of right tibia. Debridement of the bone is scheduled to be performed and a p...
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Our facility is performing “rapid desensitization” to some of our chemotherapy patients who have developed allergies or hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) to the chemotherapy drugs. This treatme...
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A patient presented to our facility with complaints of painful left great toe as well as left second and third digits. He has a previous history of fusion of the great toe. However, he has recurren...
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