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This patient was admitted to ambulatory surgery for the excision of a lipoma on the back.
During the excision, the surgeon found multiple small pseudopods extensively into the surrounding sub...
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This 3-year-old patient was seen in our facility with a diagnosis of abnormal echocardiogram to have a diagnostic right and left heart cath done.
Although, the physician’s final impre...
The physicia...
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...
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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. ...
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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...
Can modifier -59 be appended to CPT code 93041, when used with cardiac catheterization codes?
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What is the correct code for pulmonary rehabilitation? Our facility performs pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic respiratory diseases. We have been unable to find a specific code for...
Pulmonary re...
When billing a normal vaginal delivery and the charge includes the pre-natal and postpartum care, do we use both the 650 and V22.0 codes along with code 59400, so that the global obstetrical care i...
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A patient came to the hospital to see physician A in an outpatient clinic. After seeing physician A, the patient had an appointment at another clinic for a separate and distinct visit with another ...
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Is an intravenous (IV) piggyback of a therapeutic substance coded as an infusion or an injection?
...When medicat...