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A patient is seen in the emergency department for abdominal pain and vomiting. A 2 mg morphine IV push and 12.5 mg phenergan IV push are given for the pain and vomiting. Another 12.5 mg phenergan I...
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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?
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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...
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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...
Yes. Modifie...
How should intra-arterial and chemotherapeutic and non-chemotherapeutic intravenous pushes that last only 15 minutes be coded?
...Currently th...
An elderly female was admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. During the hospitalization, the patient required high flow nasal cannula and BIPAP; however, de...
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A 68-year-old male was admitted due to anemia. The patient also has a past medical history of HIV disease, currently on antiretrovirals (ARVs). The patient had a history of CD4 count less than 200 ...
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Should code Z51.5, Encounter for palliative care, be assigned for patients who do not have a terminal disease, but are receiving comfort care for a serious illness?
...Yes. Code Z5...