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A 3-week-old male, who was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary stenosis, presents for right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure to augment pulmonary blood flow. A...
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A 55-year-old female was admitted with enlarging right temporal horn and right cavity near the lateral ventricle. She had been previously diagnosed with pilocytic astrocytoma and has a long neurosu...
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A 68-year-old male presents to our facility with symptoms of malaise, fatigue and fever. The patient was diagnosed with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). However, he did not have seps...
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When coding encounters for treatment of conditions due to war, such as combat fatigue or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), can we also assign a code from category Y36, Operations of war, to sh...
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Previous Coding Clinic advice has supported the assignment of a more specific fracture code in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM based on findings in imaging reports when a physician has documented a...
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When coding the placement of an infusion device such as a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line), the code assignment for the body part is based on the site in which the device ended up...
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Are HCPCS codes J1020, Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg, J1030, Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg, and J1040, Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg, ...
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What is a “per unit” dose? In HCPCS codes J1020, Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg, J1030, Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg, and J1040, Injection, m...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for a patient that receives 3 mg of Celestone? HCPCS code J0702 states “Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg.” &...
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Our facility has a concern regarding when it is appropriate to report CPT code 63047, Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda...
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