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A patient was seen at our facility for a pocket repositioning of an InterStim generator. Our coders have a dilemma regarding the correct code assignment for this procedure.
Neither the...
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What would the correct code assignment be for the dilation of a sleeve gastrectomy? Some of our coders have assigned CPT code 43245 however; the other coders feel that this code is reported for dil...
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Is it appropriate to report CPT code 76942, Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (e.g., biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device) imaging supervision and interpretation, mult...
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CPT code 19283 was bundled with 19125 and cannot be reported separately based on a previously active NCCI edit. Is the placement of the localization device now included with excision of the breast ...
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Patient has needle localization in radiology department and goes to operating room for excision of the lesion. We report CPT code 19125 for excision of the lesion. How do we report the placement of...
The placemen...
Would it be appropriate to report both CPT codes 19301 and 19283 if performed on the same breast?
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a triple endoscopy is performed to determine the extent of head and neck malignancy, would it be appropriate to assign codes for all three scopes when documentation supports separate scopes and app...
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A patient was seen in our sleep lab for sleep study, which resulted in a diagnosis of sleep apnea and an order for a home Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (APAP) Titration Study in order to deter...
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A patient with a cyst on the radial border of the right index finger presented for excision of the cyst. A T-shaped incision was made over the distal phalanx and skin flaps were elevated. The cyst ...
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Patient with tibial plateau insufficiency fractures presents for treatment. Bilateral knee arthroscopic debridement/shaving of the medial femoral condyle, patella and synovial thickening was perfor...
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