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Patients in our emergency department are often injected with phenergan via IV push, followed by a separate IV push of demerol. The two separate IV pushes last about 10 minutes each. Sometimes later...

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How should an OPPS hospital report a non-chemotherapeutic intravenous infusion that last 90 minutes to Medicare for visits?

HCPCS code C...

What is the appropriate code for a hospital outpatient setting to report the implantation of both a lead and a pulse generator for a single chamber cardioverter-defibrillator?

I submitted CPT...

If the lead ...

A retinal procedure that involved implanting a liquid called SILIKON 1000 silicone oil was performed in our hospital. I know that there are Level II HCPCS codes that describe certain implantable me...

SILIKON 1000...

A patient is seen in the emergency department for chest pain and a 14 cm facial laceration. The patient’s facial laceration is treated with a layered closure (12055) and the patient is given an I...

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How should intra-arterial and chemotherapeutic and non-chemotherapeutic intravenous pushes that last only 15 minutes be coded?

Currently th...

A 77-year-old female found to have a right ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction with poor drainage of the kidney underwent a retrograde and ureteral stent placement previously.  She is now...

An endopyelo...

The American Medical Association (AMA) has published two new codes for smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit (99406 and 99407).  If our hospital respiratory therapists provide thi...

Yes, it woul...

This patient with a diagnosis of bony exostosis and scarring and fibrosis of the extensor tendon underwent an exostectomy of the right second toe metatarsal head with excision of extensive scarring...

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A patient is admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and gas.  The nurse inserts a naso-gastric tube per physician’s order and documents the insertion.  Wou...

CPT code 437...