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A patient post-sternotomy presented with sternal dehiscence and underwent debridement of the sternum with insertion of Sternal Talon® plating. The sternum was debrided with a saw and pectoralis fl...
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A patient who is status post left side mastectomy due to left breast cancer presents for delayed reconstruction. The reconstruction was performed using a left vertical upper gracilis musculocutaneo...
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The patient had previously undergone placement of autograft and homograft due to full thickness burns and is now admitted for failure of the previously placed autograft and homograft. During surger...
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A morbidly obese man presented for surgical repair of a buried penis. The patient underwent escutcheonectomy. At surgery, the penis was degloved to the suspensory ligament. Escutcheonectomy was per...
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The patient is a 65-year-old man, who presents with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) despite medical therapy, and was referred for redo ablation procedure. A hybrid ablation converge...
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A patient with progressive idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis, spondylosis with foraminal stenosis and rib cage deformity was admitted for spinal fusion surgery. Through a right thoracotomy approac...
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When reporting drugs with a revenue code 0636 on a UB-92, the instructions are as follows: “Revenue code 0636 relates to HCPCS code, so HCPCS is the recommended code to be used in FL 44. The spec...
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Based on the 2005 OPPS Final Rule we have instructed our staff to code simple repair using dermabond to CPT codes 12001-12021 for the procedure, and code G0168 for the tissue adhesive, for dates of...
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The doctor prescribed morphine to be given to the patient for pain relief. The nurse injects a small amount of morphine into the IV. This process will be repeated until the morphine level is suffic...
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This patient was sent to radiology with a request to check the patency of a cath. The report reads “Contrast was injected through the patient’s left sided port-a-cath. The tip is within the SVC...
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