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The Central Office has received several requests to clarify advice published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter, 2015, page 21, about encephalopathy due to diabetic hypoglycemia. When the ter...
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Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2014, pages 47-48 clarified that when peri-pulmonary vein catheter ablation is performed to treat atrial fibrillation, code 02583ZZ, Destruction of conduction...
The conducti...
An issue was published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2014 regarding a modified left atrial Maze procedure performed during a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The published advice wa...
The conducti...
A Medicare patient was seen for a scheduled audiologic function test at our facility. On examination, impacted cerumen was noted in both ears. The impacted cerumen was removed via ear curettes bila...
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A Medicare patient was seen for the removal of impacted cerumen in both ears. The cerumen was removed by irrigation with a saline solution. Since this procedure was performed on both ears would it ...
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Patient presents to have a mass of the left breast and a left axillary lymph node biopsied. The left breast nodule was identified and via direct sonographic guidance the needle was inserted and two...
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Patient presents for excision of a pressure wound from the below-knee amputation (BKA) stump. Electrocautery was used to excise the wound and again to undermine the wound edges. The skin in the are...
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A 36 year-old patient presents for insertion of a single lumen midline catheter for intravenous access for infusion. The right brachial vein above the antecubital fossa was accessed using ultrasoun...
Based on the...
We are trying to determine the appropriate CPT coding for a transurethral prostate biopsy. Sometimes an instrument such as a cutting loop or clamshell grasper is used, but the instrument utilized i...
There is no ...
A patient with long standing recalcitrant warts on both feet and hands is seen at our facility because the warts are becoming more painful. An excision of a large mosaic wart on the plantar aspect ...
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