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A patient presented for hysteroscopic removal of their intrauterine device (IUD). On examination in the office, the IUD strings could not be visualized in the vagina or passing through the cervix; ...
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A patient presents to surgery one week post complete mastectomy, for re-excision of positive muscle margins. The patient was thought to have residual tumor invading the skeletal muscle involving th...
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A patient with a history of breast reconstruction now has a chronic wound of the left breast with impending implant exposure. Per the provider, the patient presented to surgery for left breast impl...
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After a patient had an initial pelvic examination under anesthesia, attention was turned to laparoscopic access and a supraumbilical incision was made. Trocars were introduced and examination revea...
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The patient, whom had a previous L4-S1 fusion and an auto-fusion of T12-L1, has now developed spinal stenosis of L1-L4 and presented for decompression. After a posterior midline incision was made t...
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Would there ever an instance where “once in a lifetime” code(s) may be reported more than once?
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The term “once in a lifetime” may seem pretty self explanatory to many. However, for some, examples will make it crystal clear. Can you provide some code examples of these procedures?
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Our facility dermatologist provided us with an article regarding destruction of telangiectasia. The article stated it would be inappropriate to report code range 17106-17108 for this service. We ha...
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Brachial Artery Reactivity Testing (BART) is a test for early detection of atherosclerosis that was developed in the 1990s. These vascular studies are noninvasive and performed via duplex/ultrasoni...
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