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At our hospital, patients that have a PTCA/Stent procedure in the cath lab also have a “stand by pump” waiting in the operating room in case they have to go to the operating room for a more def...
It would be ...
In a previous issue of AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS, in the article “Let’s talk about modifiers”, it was stated that modifier -50 should only be appended to surgical procedures. ...
Yes, modifie...
In reference to the new technology APC’s, are the service providers allowed to classify similar devices into the new technology C-Codes.
Specifically, would it be acceptable to code t...
The HCPCS co...
At a recent conference the speaker said that if a patient has a PICC line insertion and a chest x-ray you can always put a modifier -59 on the chest x-ray because it is performed in a different are...
The insertio...
The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
According to...
A patient was seen at our facility for a scheduled percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery with an insertion of an intracoronary drug covered stent. What ...
Report code ...
The Medicare instructions regarding physician documentation for the physician ambulatory payment classification (APC) referred to the use of risk stratification criteria. Where can our hospital obt...
According to...
A patient was seen at our facility recently for the removal of a central venous catheter from the subclavian vein. Would it be appropriate to report this procedure with code 36535?
...No, it would...
The implantation of a cardiac resynchronization pacemaker is a new procedure being performed at our facility. Although similar to a conventional pacemaker, it requires the implantation of an additi...
At the prese...
A patient was seen at our facility for removal of a fishhook in his left thumb. Can you please clarify whether we can use modifier -52 with CPT code 10120, Removal of foreign body when the physicia...
It would not...