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This patient was seen at our facility for a scheduled stereotactic breast biopsy. She was recently diagnosed with a mass in the left breast. What is the correct code assignment for a stereotactic b...
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What are the appropriate codes for telemetry and cardiac monitoring?
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We are in the process of building a single line item charge in a chargemaster to include the supply and the placement procedure for drug eluting stents. What would the appropriate revenue code be f...
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At our facility we were using codes C1762 (Connective tissue human tissue lata) and C1763 (Connective tissue non-human) for sclera tissue purchased from the eye bank. What codes would I use n...
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When a patient has a laboratory panel test (eg. 80053) and then due to an abnormal result has a repeat individual test performed (eg. 84520) which modifier is more appropriate to append to the CPT ...
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A patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 complained of weakness, nausea, vomiting and fever. There was a strong smell of ketones on examination, with levels of 3+ on urinalysis and blood glucose at ...
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How should a type 2 NSTEMI due to demand ischemia be coded?
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What code should be assigned when a patient is readmitted to the hospital with a new type 2 acute myocardial infarction occurring within four weeks of either a previous type 1 or type 2 acute myoca...
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A 75-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus is admitted for treatment of a nonhealing diabetic ulcer of the right ankle with muscle involvement. There is no evidence of necrosis on visual i...
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A patient is diagnosed with lumbar stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 with severe neurogenic claudication. How should this diagnosis be coded?
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