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Image Guided Needle Placement
Appears in HCPCS: 2012 Number 3
Third Quarter Volume 12.
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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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Based on the...
HCPCS
Stress Echocardiogram
Appears in HCPCS: 2012 Number 3
Third Quarter Volume 12.
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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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For OPPS fac...
HCPCS
Liquid Adhesives
Appears in HCPCS: 2012 Number 3
Third Quarter Volume 12.
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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 …?
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It would be ...
HCPCS
Reporting Moderate (Conscious) Sedation
Appears in HCPCS: 2012 Number 3
Third Quarter Volume 12.
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What does “provided by the same physician” mean in the code narrative?
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Provided by ...