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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?
...Yes, it is a...
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...
It would not...
A patient is seen at our facility for concurrent chemotherapy administration. 888 mg of Leucovorin is administered intravenously for 2 hours. 142 mg of Oxaliplatin
is administered via IV piggyba...
Leucovorin i...
We are trying to assign HCPCS codes for supplies used in spinal fusion procedures. There are reamers and pins used which are not reusable and must be replaced with each procedure. What would be the...
While there ...
Patients at our facility present for brain procedures with intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (IMRI). Sometimes the procedures performed are not considered “open” procedures. However, th...
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Many patients are seen at our facility in the Emergency Department (ED) for replacement of their jejunostomy tubes. These replacements are done without the use of fluoroscopic guidance. Our encoder...
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In the Fourth Quarter 2004 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it states that if a patient presents to an outpatient facility for a gastric band adjustment, it would be appropriate to report...
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A patient with chest pain was referred for cardiac catheterization to rule out endothelial dysfunction. An acetylcholine (ACh) challenge test was performed during the cardiac catheterization. Acety...
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A diagnostic bronchoscopy was performed to rule out endo-bronchial lesion. According to the procedure report a small lesion was seen proximal to the left vocal cord on the larynx. A brush biopsy of...
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