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A patient with a renal calculus presents for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). The patient was taken to the operating room (OR) and an x-ray was performed prior to the induction o...
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A patient was scheduled for a stereotactic breast biopsy of the left breast. Stereotactic images were performed; however, the lesion to be biopsied was not visualized.
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A patient presented to the radiology department for a lower limb venogram. The injection part of the procedure was attempted several times without success. The procedure was cancelled. ...
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A patient with left pleural effusion presents for diagnostic thoracentesis. The patient’s skin was prepped for the thoracentesis and a local anesthetic was given. The needle was inser...
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A right peroneal tenosynovectomy was performed for treatment of subluxation of the right peroneal tendon. During the operative episode an anomalous muscle of the peroneal tendon was identifie...
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We are a cyberknife center and need clarification regarding how to correctly assign CPT code 77300. We have been informed by our physicist that each stereotactic beam differs from the next be...
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A patient presents with pelvic floor relaxation and urinary stress incontinence. The bladder neck suspension was performed in order to treat the defect of the pelvic structure. Tension-...
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Are HCPCS Level II codes specific to a single trade name product or would the HCPCS code apply to any other product within the HCPCS code descriptor? We have received several inquiries regard...
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Would it be appropriate to append modifier 52 (Reduced Services) to CPT code 97803 (Medical Nutrition Therapy Reassessment) if the time spent with the patient was only 10 minutes? In addition, if t...
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According to the coding instructions provided in the CPT code book, codes 90281-90399 identify the immune globulin product only and would be reported in addition to the administration codes 90765-9...
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