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A patient with cervical spondylosis, grade 1 cervical spondylolisthesis, severe facet arthropathy, and disk herniation with cord compression underwent cervical posterior fusion, hemilaminotomy, dis...
The interspi...
A patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma underwent resection of the parotid tail with sacrifice of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve, resection of the parapharyngeal space, and bila...
If a chain o...
A patient diagnosed with right lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy, video-assisted thoracoscopic right lobectomy and removal of lymph no...
In this case...
A patient presented with bile duct stones. The provider attempted to flush the stones from the duct by giving the patient Glucagon. Is the administration of Glucagon coded?
...No, the admi...
A 33-year-old patient was admitted for vaginal delivery. Following delivery, the provider used Lidocaine to infiltrate skin tags on the left labia majora, and then excised the lesions. What is the ...
The Body Par...
The patient is a 34-year-old female, who is 21 weeks gestation, and currently diagnosed with twin-twin transfusion syndrome. The patient underwent selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation and la...
Assign the f...
What are the appropriate procedure code assignments for an orthotopic liver allotransplant with end to side cavoplasty and choledochostomy?
...For an ortho...
The patient, an 85-year-old male, presented with nonhealing ulcerations of the anterior ankle area and heel, which required further debridement and the application of TheraSkin®. The surgeon perfo...
In this inst...
A patient with known pseudocyst of the pancreas is admitted for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and pseudocyst drainage. Multiple balloon sweeps were made of the common bile d...
The aspirati...
A patient underwent a complete left nephroureterectomy. The kidney and proximal ureter were removed via “hand-assisted” laparoscopy and the distal ureter was removed from the bladder via an inc...
The left kid...