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Patient presents to have an endoscopic ultrasound examination and an endoscopic ultrasound-guided celiac plexus block due to chronic abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. A gastroscope advanced thro...
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What is the correct code to report for fluoroscopic guidance with insertion of a PICC line in a patient over 5 years of age?
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What are the CPT code(s) for removal of implantable port with attempted placement of new port?
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A port was introduced through the external jugular vein into the superior vena cava and tied into place. It was tunneled subcutaneously into an incised area of the left anterior chest wall. The por...
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Patient presents for insertion of bilateral ureteral stents via endoscopy through an existing ileal conduit. The flexible cystoscope was inserted into the ureteral conduit, contrast was injected an...
The stents w...
Patients at our facility have breast lesion excisions to a depth that includes skin and subcutaneous tissue and some that require resection to the muscle. Some of the lesions are identified by a lo...
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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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