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What is the appropriate way to report the application of air casts in the outpatient hospital setting? Is there a difference between an air cast and an air splint? Is an air cast or air splint cons...
The applicat...
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...
Report CPT c...
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. ...
Yes, both co...
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. ...
Yes, CPT cod...
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...
According to...
A patient is seen in an outpatient clinic for cardiac arrhythmia. The patient is sent home with an external electrocardiographic recording device capable of capturing up to 48 hours of ECG data wit...
Assign CPT c...
How should 24- to 48-hour outpatient ECG monitoring using external (wearable) device be coded?
...Assign CPT c...
Is the harvesting of the rectus fascia through a separate incision separately reported with CPT code 20926, Tissue grafts, other (e.g., paratenon, fat, dermis), when performed for a rectus...
Based on the...
How should the administration of testosterone cypionate 200 mg be correctly reported? We were told by our payor that we can only report up to 2 units of HCPCS code J1071, Injection, testosterone cy...
It is approp...