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Is there a guideline as to how to code unsuccessful procedures in ICD-10-PCS? For example, the patient had an attempted foreign body removal from the right cornea with an eye spud that was unsucces...
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The patient presents with a clotted left femoral popliteal bypass graft of the left leg, and percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy is performed to reestablish flow. How should a thrombectomy of the ...
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The patient is a 74-year-old female with severe peripheral arterial occlusive disease who presented with rest pain in her right lower leg and foot. She is status post femoropopliteal bypass. The pr...
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The patient presented for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). The flexible endoscope was passed under direct vision through the mouth and advanced to the second pa...
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A patient with a history of transforaminal discectomy at T10-T11 presents for treatment of thoracic myelopathy with recurrent herniated disc at T10-T11 and spondylosis at T11-T12. Linear and midlin...
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Following the patient’s right modified radical mastectomy and axillary lymphadenectomy, the axially lymphadenectomy wound was repaired, in part, by a lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP)...
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A patient over the age of 12, with obstructive sleep apnea presents for bilateral tonsillectomy and expansion sphincteroplasty. The right tonsil was grasped with a tenaculum and retracted from the ...
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A patient with a trochlear cartilaginous defect and medial plica of the left knee, presented for subchondroplasty of the defect and plica excision. Following regional anesthesia, the surgeon establ...
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A patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis via an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), experiences hyperpulsatility of their AVF. Access was accomplished with a micro-access system in th...
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Coding Clinic for HCPCS Third Quarter 2021 page 12, advised to report CPT code 43238, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with transendoscopic ultrasound-guided intramural or ...
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