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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...
The lengths ...
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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A patient is diagnosed with bilateral lower sacroiliac degenerative joint disease (DJD). When referencing the Index to Diseases under Degenerative, joint disease, ICD-10-CM directs the coding profe...
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What is the appropriate diagnosis code for long-term (current) use of a topical intranasal steroid, such as Flonase®? Even though it is administered intranasal, would Flonase® be considered an in...
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A patient with a history of acute myeloblastic leukemia presented with an intracranial recurrence. An Ommaya reservoir with ventricular catheter was placed for the intrathecal delivery of medicatio...
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A patient who is diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy status post spinal fusion, presented for insertion of an intraspinal Ommaya reservoir via laminectomy for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infusion ...
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A patient with a complicated past medical history is admitted for severe sepsis due to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The VAP is due to Escherichia coli and methicillin susceptible Staphylo...
The VAP is t...