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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...
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Brachial Artery Reactivity Testing (BART) is a test for early detection of atherosclerosis that was developed in the 1990s. These vascular studies are noninvasive and performed via duplex/ultrasoni...
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Since January 1, 2009, CPT codes 90853, Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) and 90857, Interactive group psychotherapy, were replaced with timed HCPCS code...
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A patient with a history of hypertension, hypokalemia, markedly elevated aldosterone/rennin ratio, received a saline suppression test which confirmed primary hyperaldosteronism. This patient is now...
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Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2008, page 5, Question 2, advised to assign modifier 59 to CPT codes 29827 and 29826. Based on the question, the physician performed a right-sided arthroscopic decompr...
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Based on clinical documentation in the health record an established patient with a nonhealing wound of the left lower extremity returns from the Wound Care Center with an established plan of care f...
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May a hospital bill for the facility-based evaluation and management services associated with a patient visit in the emergency department if a nurse or mid-level provider, but not a physician, prov...
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Is a hospital facility allowed to bill for facility-based E/M services associated with a patient visit to the facility’s emergency department?
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A patient arrives at the exam area of a hospital-based outpatient cancer center and a licensed nurse observes that the patient is experiencing shortness of breath.
The nurse performs an...
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Our facility needs clarification on how to appropriately report external fetal monitoring which is often performed in the hospital outpatient setting (ED/ER).
CPT codes 59050, Fetal...
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