Enter a search term and preview Coding Clinic content here! ?
Type
A patient presented to have a spirometry test for bronchospasm provocation evaluation performed. However, an asthma attack was triggered due to one of the agents utilized to perform the test. An in...
Report only ...
When a CPT code contains the language “with anesthesia” or “requiring anesthesia” what type of anesthesia are they referring to?
...From a CPT c...
A patient with diarrhea and history of ulcerative colitis post colectomy, ileo-anal pouch anastomosis, pouchitis and anastomotic stricture presents for flexible sigmoidoscopy. After anesthesia was ...
Yes, CPT cod...
A patient underwent an Austin-Akin osteotomy at our facility and we need assistance in the correct code assignment for this procedure. The Austin-Akin procedure has been defined as a double osteoto...
Report CPT c...
A patient presents for repair of an umbilical hernia. The umbilical hernia sac was removed and the omentum was placed into the abdomen. Finger palpation revealed a small ventral hernia with a fasci...
Assign CPT c...
A woman with a long-standing history of morbid obesity is admitted for laparoscopic gastric bypass with Roux limb. The patient was also diagnosed with pelvic peritoneum adhesions and ventral hernia...
Assign CPT c...
An 80-year-old patient presents to the hospital for same day surgery to repair an incisional hernia. During the hernia repair with prosthesis, the physician noted extensive small bowel adhesions an...
Assign CPT c...
A patient underwent a cystoscopy which revealed the presence of a bladder tumor. He is now scheduled to have the tumor measuring 2.5 cm and the stalk measuring 1.2 cm resected. The tumor was resect...
Cystourethro...
The removal of a fibrin sheath under fluoroscopic guidance with the use of a balloon catheter is reported with CPT codes 36595, Mechanical removal of pericatheter obstructive material (eg, fibr...
Report CPT c...
The patient has a diagnosis of breast cancer and had an extensive re-excision of a segmental mastectomy site of the previous surgery. According to the pathology report, there were 7 frozen sections...
Since the un...