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A patient arrives at the exam area of a hospital-based outpatient cancer center and a licensed nurse observes that the patient is experiencing shortness of breath.
The nurse performs an...
It would be ...
Our facility needs clarification on how to appropriately report external fetal monitoring which is often performed in the hospital outpatient setting (ED/ER).
CPT codes 59050, Fetal...
It would not...
A patient is seen at our facility for concurrent chemotherapy administration. 888 mg of Leucovorin is administered intravenously for 2 hours. 142 mg of Oxaliplatin
is administered via IV piggyba...
Leucovorin i...
We are trying to assign HCPCS codes for supplies used in spinal fusion procedures. There are reamers and pins used which are not reusable and must be replaced with each procedure. What would be the...
While there ...
A patient with known ischemic cardiomyopathy was seen at our facility. He is status post coronary artery bypass (CABG) and a bi-ventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. He was recently n...
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A patient presents to our facility with degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the sacroiliac joint. The patient is prepped for surgery and two screws were placed
percutaneously into the sacroil...
Currently, t...
A patient with retrocalcaneal bursitis presents for excision of the bursa. How should this procedure be reported?
...Currently, t...
The patient presents to the Wound Care Center for a bleeding left ankle eschar and venous ulceration. The ulceration was removed and the bleeding vein was avulsed. There was no mention of anesthesi...
Based upon t...
A 67 year old patient, status post panniculectomy, presents to our facility due to infected seroma of the right lower abdomen. The patient is taken to the operative suite where general anesthesia w...
Since the de...
The patient’s preoperative diagnosis was a far lateral herniated nucleus pulposus of the left L5-S1 area. According to the operative report exploration of the entire length of the nerve root and ...
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