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In Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Fourth Quarter 2012, page 9, coding guidance was provided on the implantation of a HeRO Graft. It was stated to assign CPT code 37799, Unlisted procedure, v...
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The documentation in the health care record supports the coding of CPT code 31629, Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with transbronchial needle a...
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A patient with severe plantar atrophy due to surgery for plantar fibromatosis presents for plantar soft tissue repair/augmentation using the GraftJacket.
A pocket in the deep subcutane...
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A patient at our facility underwent a bronchoscopy and according to the procedure report, although the bronchoscope was introduced through the right nostril only the left bronchus and lung were exa...
A bronchosco...
In AHA’s Coding Clinic for HCPCS, 1st Quarter 2015, page 2, it is stated that CPT codes 11010-11012 would be reported for extensive debridement procedures performed for treatment of an o...
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A patient with dysphagia, cricopharyngeal dysfunction and spasm with Schatzki’s ring, presents for Botox injection into the cricopharyngeus. After general anesthesia is provided, a direct laryngo...
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We are looking for guidance on the correct code for this new procedure reference as an incisionless carpal tunnel release. According to the description of the procedure, portals are made and the bl...
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A patient has a history of cleft lip and complete cleft palate that was previously repaired. The patient now presents with nasal airway obstruction due to a short columella, collapse of left ala, a...
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A patient with a prior history of hernia repair with mesh and plug is now presenting for surgery to remove the plug and remove and replace the mesh. The ilioinguinal nerve was intentionally severed...
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Our facility has been advised that CPT code 93462, Left heart catheterization by transseptal puncture, through intact septum or by transapical puncture, represents a diagnostic catheteriza...
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