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A patient presents to have a transforaminal epidural injection for treatment of lower back and leg pain. The right L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1 neural foramen were marked for needle placement. Under fluorosco...

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Physicians will occasionally perform image guided needle placement to aid excision of tissue in areas other than the breast. Please advise the appropriate needle placement code that would be assign...

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Can a hospital report CPT code 93350 + 93307 or 93351 for a stress echocardiogram? The stress and echo are performed in the same setting but by different departments.

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Are liquid adhesives considered a surgical fixation technique of a Xenograft? Would the use of Mastisol justify using CPT codes 15271-15278, Application of skin substitute graft …?

It would be ...

What does “provided by the same physician” mean in the code narrative?

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Patient presents with a laceration to the left palm with nerve injuries and loss of sensation to the hand involving the area of the ulnar nerve. The area of the laceration was extended and some of ...

There are no...

Patient presents for nerve blocks of the popliteal and saphenous nerves for post-operative pain management. Medication was injected into each nerve via ultrasound guidance. What are the appropriate...

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A 16-year-old high school soccer player who sustained injury to his left knee while playing soccer at school was diagnosed with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and a lateral meniscus tear....

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Patient presents to have a left patellofemoral replacement. The surface of the femur was prepared for insertion of the femoral trochlear implant. Then the surface of the patella was resected for th...

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A patient with a history of ovarian cancer was seen at our facility to undergo procedures for the staging of her cancer. The procedures were performed laparoscopically. She underwent an omentectomy...

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