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A patient was seen with a severe case of urinary incontinence. The patient recently underwent aggressive drug therapy without success. She is here now for a test stimulation to determine the effect...
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We are uncertain as to the correct revenue code that would be applied for the sacral nerve stimulator in certain circumstances. Would revenue code 0920 be utilized for this procedure regardless of ...
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I’m somewhat unsure about how to code a reduction that was done on an open traumatic fracture, when the surgeon did not make an incision to accomplish the reduction and repair.
Does the ter...
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Should HCPCS codes G0101 and Q0091 for Gynecological services be coded on the same visit? If not, in what instances should they be used together and or separately?
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Following treatment for impingement syndrome of the right shoulder, a Zimmer pain pump catheter was placed into the shoulder for postoperative pain management. According to the operative report, th...
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Our hospital nursing staff provides outpatient wound care services. We need clarification on the difference between wound care codes (11040-11044 and 97601 and 97602). Are codes 97601-97602 reserve...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...