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When a patient is seen for initial preventive medicine examination and is also seen by an internal medicine physician for a breast mass noted during the preventive care exam, how would this be repo...
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A patient with symptomatic high-grade stenosis in the right internal and common carotid artery was seen today at our facility for carotid stenting. A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent...
A stent plac...
A 53-year-old man diagnosed with rotator cuff tear is scheduled to undergo a mini-open repair. Our surgeons perform a lot of rotator cuff repairs via this technique. We are questioning the appropri...
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What is the correct way to report 30mg of Depo Medrol? There are three choices, do you report HCPCS codes J1020 x2 or J1030-52 or J1020? If you report HCPCS code J1020 that is listed by 20mg, how w...
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If a patient comes in for a laceration on two fingers on the same hand, and on one finger he gets a dermabond and on the other finger he gets a laceration repair, can we apply a modifier to specify...
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We have received several denials for revenue codes 510-516. It was stated to us that these revenue codes that normally follow CPT codes for office visits (however the procedures were performed at t...
UB-92 revenu...
When coding non-chemotherapy infusions for outpatient encounters it states you must have 90 minutes of infusion to add subsequent hours. Do you take 90 minutes for 90780 or do you use 60 minutes fo...
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Please clarify the appropriate coding for deep tissue pressure injuries. There seems to be a discrepancy between the Alphabetical Index and the newly revised guidelines that seem to indicate that t...
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A patient with a history of endometrial ablation presents due to severe pelvic pain. The patient is admitted, and the final diagnosis is post endometrial ablation syndrome. What is the appropriate ...
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A 19-year-old male was brought to the emergency department (ED), after experiencing mental status changes while playing basketball in extremely hot temperatures. He arrived with hyperventilation, p...
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