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A patient presents with pelvic floor relaxation and urinary stress incontinence. The bladder neck suspension was performed in order to treat the defect of the pelvic structure. Tension-...
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Are HCPCS Level II codes specific to a single trade name product or would the HCPCS code apply to any other product within the HCPCS code descriptor? We have received several inquiries regard...
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Would it be appropriate to append modifier 52 (Reduced Services) to CPT code 97803 (Medical Nutrition Therapy Reassessment) if the time spent with the patient was only 10 minutes? In addition, if t...
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According to the coding instructions provided in the CPT code book, codes 90281-90399 identify the immune globulin product only and would be reported in addition to the administration codes 90765-9...
Only one HBI...
The code descriptor for HCPCS code C8957, Intravenous infusion for therapy/diagnosis; initiation of prolonged infusion (more than eight hours), requiring use of portable or implantable pump,
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A patient status post bilateral mastectomies develops necrotic skin edges of the mastectomy flap sites on both breasts. She presents for excision of the necrotic skin edges. After the a...
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A patient with osteomyelitis of the second metatarsal of the left foot and diabetes mellitus presents for debridement of the osteomyelitis. Following debridement of the osteomyelitis, applica...
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Patients at our facility sometimes present for ligation of their arteriovenous (AV) fistula due to poor maturation of the fistula. This procedure is commonly performed as the only procedure o...
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This patient was seen at our facility for an endobronchial ultrasound and transbronchial lung biopsy with fluoroscopic guidance. The patient had a diagnosis of two nodules on the lung. Each nodule ...
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A 47-year-old patient with a diagnosis of rectal carcinoma underwent an endoscopic ultrasound for staging of rectal carcinoma, which included a rectal biopsy.
During staging of the rectal car...
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