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A patient was admitted for transfemoral aortic valve replacement (TAVR); however, due to horseshoe calcification at the right common iliac ostium, an intravascular lithotripsy was performed prior t...
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A patient, who is status post pancreaticoduodenectomy, presents with stenosis of the pancreaticojunostomy. A robotic lateral pancreaticogastrostomy is performed with the objective of decompressing ...
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A patient with an acquired loss of his penis and scrotum due to a war injury, presented for penile and scrotal transplantation. Previous penile and abdominal skin grafts were removed. The allogenei...
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A patient was admitted with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain. Twin gestation in the left fallopian tube was revealed during diagnostic laparoscopy, along with a bleeding rent in the distal...
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A patient experienced infiltration of the IV in her left wrist that caused significant swelling of her forearm and hand. At bedside, an intercompartmental pressure reading was performed to rule out...
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A patient was seen for possible compartment syndrome following an injury to the left tibia. Interstitial fluid pressures were taken of the four compartments of the leg using a wick catheter.
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The patient presents for robotic cholecystectomy with Firefly™ indocyanine green (ICG) cholangiogram. Firefly™ ICG imaging uses infrared technology. How would the intraoperative cholangiogram u...
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In CY 2005, hospitals were instructed to bill CPT codes 90781, 96412, and 96423 in 8 unit increments for additional hours of infusion on a separate line on the bill. Should we continue to do this i...
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Are hospitals allowed to bill more than one “initial hour” drug administration infusion code under OPPS for CY 2006?
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HCPCS code C8952 (Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection; intravenous push) is included in Transmittal 785 as being billable for each different drug/ substance. How should hospitals bill...
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