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A patient with a left retroperitoneal lymph node presents for biopsy and cryoablation. Non-contrast CT images were performed initially. A guiding needle and a biopsy needle were passed into the nod...
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A patient was seen at our facility for an image guided sphenopalatine ganglion block via a sphenocath device. What is the appropriate CPT code(s) for this procedure?
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Patient’s chemotherapy infusion was administered for 60 minutes. A push of the same chemotherapy drug was administered for more than 30 minutes after the initial infusion. What is the correct CPT...
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Patient with three-year old patient-activated cardiac event recorder was taken to surgery for device replacement at the same site. The NCCI edits suggest that only 33284 would be reported. Based on...
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a triple endoscopy is performed to determine the extent of head and neck malignancy, would it be appropriate to assign codes for all three scopes when documentation supports separate scopes and app...
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A patient was seen in our sleep lab for sleep study, which resulted in a diagnosis of sleep apnea and an order for a home Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (APAP) Titration Study in order to deter...
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A patient with a cyst on the radial border of the right index finger presented for excision of the cyst. A T-shaped incision was made over the distal phalanx and skin flaps were elevated. The cyst ...
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Patient with tibial plateau insufficiency fractures presents for treatment. Bilateral knee arthroscopic debridement/shaving of the medial femoral condyle, patella and synovial thickening was perfor...
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A patient with previous history of low-grade superficial urothelial carcinoma underwent a transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) in March of 2014. Since that time, she has had several sub...
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A patient with dysphagia and a Zenker’s diverticulum was scheduled to undergo a transoral endoscopic Zenker’s diverticulostomy. According to the operative report, utilizing the CO2 laser, the p...
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