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A patient with lumbosacral spondylosis and left facet arthrosis presents for a lumbar facet joint medial branch rhizotomy of the nerves of the L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1 facet joints. Using a slightly...
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Coding Clinic for HCPCS Third Quarter 2019, Page 9, advised to report 4 units of code 64640, for radiofrequency ablation of the lateral branches of the L5 dorsal ramus and S1, S2 ...
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When a medial branch lumbar facet joint rhizotomy (64635) is performed at the same surgical episode as a lateral branch rhizotomy of the L5 dorsal ramus (64625), would it be appropriate to report b...
No, it would...
Coding Clinic for HCPCS Third Quarter 2021 published an article titled “Knee arthroplasty procedures.” On page three there is a table that shows CPT code 27438 is assigned for patella ...
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A patient with a right indirect inguinal hernia presented for surgical repair. After administration of general anesthesia, a transverse incision was made overlying the right inguinal canal which wa...
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For the patient in the above scenario should the excision of the spermatic cord lipoma be reported in addition to the indirect hernia repair. Some coding professionals are interpreting the advice i...
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Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Fourth Quarter 2023, Page 17, recommended assigning CPT code 55520 for excision of a spermatic cord lipoma, in addition to the hernia repair. However, we have been...
In the publi...
Coding Clinic for HCPCS, Fourth Quarter 2023, page 17, recommended assigning CPT code 55520 for excision of a spermatic cord lipoma, in addition to the hernia repair. There is a PTP edit b...
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Clarification is needed regarding previous advice on how to correctly report six (6) mg of HCPCS code J0702, Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg, ...
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A patient who previously underwent surgical correction of a crush injury to the right hallux was admitted for debridement and Kerecis® fish graft placement due to the development of necrosis of th...
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