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A patient with a longstanding history of left shoulder pain and functional limitations presented for surgical intervention. A left shoulder arthroscopy and rotator cuff repair with bioinductive imp...
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A patient with compression of the right lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) and femoral nerves presents for surgery that includes decompression of the LFCN and femoral nerves in addition to neur...
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Prior to their surgical procedure a patient was administered a single-shot peripheral nerve block, by the anesthesiologist, to aid in postoperative pain management. The injection site was the right...
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A patient is taken to a minor procedure room for a planned hemorrhoid banding, and after examination of hemorrhoids and “pinch test” by the physician, the procedure was not performed at the phy...
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Can hospitals use modifiers 73 and 74 to indicate a terminated procedure when another procedure has been completed during the same operative session? Can
hospitals submit 35474-74 fo...
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A patient was seen at our facility for a planned femoral angioplasty and angiography. The angiography was completed but the angioplasty was not started because the physician could not cross t...
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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Third Quarter 2006, page 7, question 16 stated that the patient arrived in the emergency department (ED) with an intravenous (IV) hydration infusion that was st...
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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Third Quarter 2006, page 12, question 24 stated how would we report three different substances that are bagged and administered via three separate IV pushes? &n...
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This patient was seen in our facility with a diagnosis of carcinoma in situ II of the cervix. She underwent an endocervical curettage (ECC) as well as a dilation and curettage. An excisional ...
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A patient was recently found to have a left breast mass in the upper outer quadrant. She was scheduled to undergo a stereotactic core needle biopsy of the mass. There is no previous his...
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