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What is the difference between an IV injection of an antibiotic and an IV infusion of the same medication?
...Injections a...
This 31 year-old patient who is employed by the United States Post Office is being seen for anthrax exposure. She has no current medical complaints. However, due to the anthrax exposure her physici...
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A patient was seen at our facility due to possible anthrax exposure. A new rapid anthrax test was conducted. The results were negative. What are the appropriate code assignments for this case?
...Code V71.89,...
In the Second Quarter HCPCS Coding Clinic, “Lets talk about Modifiers”, it was stated that modifier -50 should only be appended to surgical procedures.
In the Third Quarter...
The informat...
We are billing for an ambulatory surgical facility. We have revenue codes for many of the services provided at our facility but we have do not know which revenue codes are applicable for the operat...
There are no...
Can we assign code 68200, subconjunctival injection, in addition to cataract extractions (669 series codes)? I believe it is not a routine part of the procedure.
...Although a s...
A patient was seen at our facility for a scheduled bilateral submucous turbinate resection. Would code 30140 be considered inherently bilateral or can a hospital bill the code twice?
...No, code 301...
When the non-invasive physiologic study is done on both the upper and lower extremity arteries, is 93922 or 93923 coded once or twice? Most of the time only the upper or the lower is done, but on o...
The narrativ...
In the “Ask the Editor” section of the Third Quarter, HCPCS newsletter, it was stated that code G0168 could be reported in addition to a code for a laceration repair. Does this also refer to si...
No, the answ...
Coding Clinic for HCPCS advised the reporting of code 93000 for electrocardiographic services. At our facility, we were instructed to report code 93005. What is the appropriate code assign...
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