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Physicians will occasionally perform image guided needle placement to aid excision of tissue in areas other than the breast. Please advise the appropriate needle placement code that would be assign...
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Can a hospital report CPT code 93350 + 93307 or 93351 for a stress echocardiogram? The stress and echo are performed in the same setting but by different departments.
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Are liquid adhesives considered a surgical fixation technique of a Xenograft? Would the use of Mastisol justify using CPT codes 15271-15278, Application of skin substitute graft …?
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What does “provided by the same physician” mean in the code narrative?
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A procedure known as Phonophoresis is provided in our physical medicine department. This procedure was explained to me as an ultrasound with application of a steroidal cream to push medication deep...
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A patient had a kissing balloon angioplasty of bilateral common iliac arteries. In order to perform the procedure, a second access site had to be made. No diagnostic procedures are done...
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A patient presents with a history of peripheral vascular disease and is status-post bilateral superficial femoral artery stenting. She is experiencing claudication type symptoms which are sug...
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A bronchoscopic procedure was performed at our facility. A locatable guide (LG) and an extended working channel (EWC) was utilized. We reported an unlisted CPT code 76499, Unlisted ...
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A patient with a history of prostate cancer presents with urinary retention due to a large bladder stone which is lodged in the prostatic fossa. The stone was manipulated into the bladder and...
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A patient presents with a radial head fracture. A K-wire was passed percutaneously into the fracture. Several attempts were required in order for the radial head to be manipulated back ...
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