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A patient presents to the physician’s office with complaints of urinary frequency and burning. The physician ordered a urinalysis and the findings were positive for bacteria and increased white b...
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The physician refers a patient for chest x-ray to outpatient radiology with a diagnosis of weakness and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The radiology report demonstrated no acute disease and mo...
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A patient presents to the doctor’s office with a complaint of fatigue. The physician orders a complete blood count (CBC). The CBC reveals a low hemoglobin and hematocrit. Should the lab report th...
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A 55-year-old male underwent screening colonoscopy and a large polyp was found. Due to its size, and the inability of the gastroenterologist to visualize the base of the polyp, it was only partiall...
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The above patient returns to the gastrointestinal (GI) lab for repeat colonoscopy since the entire polyp could not be removed during the initial encounter. A polypectomy is carried out in which the...
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A patient, who is status post removal of adenomatous colon polyps five years ago, presents to the GI lab for surveillance colonoscopy. The colonoscopy is completely normal and the provider recommen...
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A patient is status post colon polypectomy for an adenomatous polyp. Because of the suspicious nature of the polyp and potential for malignant transformation, the patient is being seen for a follow...
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Would both the assistance (5A0) and the insertion (02H) codes be assigned for every type of external heart assist device, such as the Impella® regardless of whether or not the device was removed a...
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Does the fact that an Impella® device is left in for a few hours postoperatively have any bearing on code assignment? For example, if the device that was inserted percutaneously is left in at the ...
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When assigning the assistance code (5A0) for an Impella® device, how does the coding professional determine the appropriate Duration value, Intermittent or Continuous?
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