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A 7-month-old patient was seen at our facility with a left neck lymphatic malformation presenting for sclerotherapy. Can you clarify whether it would be appropriate to report an injection code (CPT...
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Patient is seen in multiple separate clinics. One clinic has a visit level, HCPCS code G0463, Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient, and the other cli...
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Under OPPS, is it appropriate for a hospital to report the placement of the On-Q Pain Pump when it is placed during an operative procedure or is it considered inherent to the primary procedure? If ...
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This patient had a supracervical hysterectomy several years ago and is now coming in for a laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy, which is the same as a sacrocolpopexy (CPT code 57425) except that the cerv...
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A patient is admitted to the operating room for a proctoplasty and hemorrhoidal artery ligation with ultrasound guidance. According to the operative report, an anoscope was utilized and the artery ...
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Patient with hallux rigidus presents for correction of the right metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) with hemi-implant insertion. Deep incision was made exposing the metatarsal head and base of the pro...
Based on the...
A patient was seen at our facility with a history of status post cardiac pacemaker. Her complaint is focal tenderness in the pocket area overlying the site of the lead suture sleeves. Due to the te...
Although the...
Patient with history of spermatocele and hydrocele repair, presents with pain, swelling, and a large mass in the left hemiscrotum. A 10-12 cm scrotal hematoma and necrotic skin measuring 1cm x 8cm ...
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Patient presents to have whole body SPECT/CT images done at 4 hours and images of the chest done at 24 hours due to a history of neuroendocrine cancer. Would it be appropriate to report 2 units for...
Currently, t...
In a previous issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, advice was provided regarding the coding of liver tumor ablation utilizing microwave technique. The advice stated, “ Since, the code descr...
Based on fur...