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In the 3rd Quarter 2009 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, it was advised to report CPT codes 36558, Insertion of tunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter, without subcutaneous port o...
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We use the Morgan Lens at our facility for eye irrigation and sometimes along with foreign body removal. What CPT/HCPCS codes should we report for this Morgan Lens Irrigation Procedure?
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A patient with a neck injury was brought to our hospital emergency department. A cervical collar was placed by the emergency medical service (EMS) prior to the patient’s arrival to our facility. ...
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Patient presents to have an adjustable gastric band placed and repair of a hiatal hernia both performed laparoscopically. Additionally a laparoscopic core needle biopsy of the liver was performed. ...
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A 5-year-old patient presents to the emergency department with a fingertip avulsion amputation to the right ring finger. The injury is distal to the distal interphalangeal joint. The entire fingern...
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At our facility, surgeons are performing traditional surgical discectomies in order to repair a spinal disc herniation. This is typically being performed by making an incision into the disc annulus...
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At our facility some physicians are performing a new protocol for wound care. They are referring to it as autologous tissue graft application with Acell membrane. This protocol requires that blood ...
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Our facility is beginning to use a new cartilage allograft material, Zimmer DeNovo NT Natural Tissue Graft, during chondroplasty. This graft material is made of minced juvenile hyaline cartilage an...
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Our facility began using a new patch, the Zimmer Collagen Patch, to aid in rotator cuff repair tendon. This collagen repair patch is comprised of processed acellular porcine dermal tissue and is us...
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Patient presented a week ago and had placement of right and left subthalamic nucleus leads. He now presents for placement of lead extensions and right and left impulse generators. We reported CPT c...
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