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An adult patient with stress urinary incontinence is diagnosed with urine-induced vulvar contact dermatitis. What are the diagnosis code assignments for the encounter?
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An 80-year-old patient, who wears adult diapers because of urinary and fecal incontinence, presents to the Emergency Department due to painful, irritated and excoriated skin of the vulva and buttoc...
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What codes are assigned for leakage of a cystostomy catheter causing irritant contact dermatitis due to urine?
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A patient previously underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine for low back pain, and the provider’s final interpretation was Modic type endplate changes. He now presents for a fo...
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Do the four new X modifiers apply only for Medicare reporting and Modifier -59 only for reporting to other payers?
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We have always noted once a burn always a burn that you are treating however, that may not be the case every time and we would like some clarification to help us decide when Burn Care would be util...
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When excisional debridement classifiable to 11042 and callus excision classifiable to 11055 are performed at the same site, what procedure code(s) should be reported?
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Patient presents for an arthroscopic subacromial decompression, mini-open rotator cuff repair and biceps tendon debridement for chronic rotator cuff tear. We are aware that the shoulder joint is co...
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A patient is seen at our facility for a cecostomy tube change. The tube requires change due to poor fit and normal wear and tear. The current tube is removed and a Low-profile Mickey Gastrostomy tu...
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Can you provide guidance on how to report a “spacer,” which is filled with graft that is inserted into a cervical space? We have received conflicting coding guidance and would like some clarifi...
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