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A patient with severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ with possible invasion of the anterior right true vocal fold pres...
A 67 year old female patient presents for laparoscopic repair of a right inguinal hernia. A midline in...
Traditionally low osmolar contrast material (LOCM) HCPCS code range Q9965-Q9967 and high osmolar contr...
Our facility needs clarification regarding how to correctly assign colonoscopy codes for ablation, destruction, and rem...
Patient with diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and dialysis dependent, has developed ischemic hand ul...
Patients at our facility present for brain procedures with intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (IMRI). Sometimes the procedures performed are not considered “open” procedures. However, th...
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Many patients are seen at our facility in the Emergency Department (ED) for replacement of their jejunostomy tubes. These replacements are done without the use of fluoroscopic guidance. Our encoder...
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In the Fourth Quarter 2004 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it states that if a patient presents to an outpatient facility for a gastric band adjustment, it would be appropriate to report...
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A patient with chest pain was referred for cardiac catheterization to rule out endothelial dysfunction. An acetylcholine (ACh) challenge test was performed during the cardiac catheterization. Acety...
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A diagnostic bronchoscopy was performed to rule out endo-bronchial lesion. According to the procedure report a small lesion was seen proximal to the left vocal cord on the larynx. A brush biopsy of...
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