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A patient with a right quadriceps tendon rupture with an extensive retinaculum tear underwent an open repair of the tendon rupture and the retinaculum tear. Our dilemma is that some of the coders f...
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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...
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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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The patient presented for renal transplantation due to end stage renal disease (ESRD), and the provider’s final diagnostic statement listed, “ESRD due to diabetic nephropathy on dialysis, diabe...
When the pat...
A patient was returned to the operating room after passing blood clots following transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. Upon insertion of a cystoscope, the surgeon noted clots within the bladd...
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The patient was admitted with a subdural hematoma (SDH) and underwent craniotomy for evacuation of the large hematoma. During surgery, a bleeding cortical artery causing the SDH was found, and this...
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