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A 36 year-old patient presents for insertion of a single lumen midline catheter for intravenous access for infusion. The right brachial vein above the antecubital fossa was accessed using ultrasoun...
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We are trying to determine the appropriate CPT coding for a transurethral prostate biopsy. Sometimes an instrument such as a cutting loop or clamshell grasper is used, but the instrument utilized i...
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A patient with long standing recalcitrant warts on both feet and hands is seen at our facility because the warts are becoming more painful. An excision of a large mosaic wart on the plantar aspect ...
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A patient was seen at our facility for an arthroscopic anterior capsulolabral repair and an arthroscopic remplissage and rotator cuff repair. We were instructed that the arthroscopic remplissage pr...
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Patient with a gunshot wound had a King tube placed by paramedics and arrived in the emergency room (ER) as a code blue. However, the King tube, placed by paramedics, was removed and an 8.0 endotra...
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Is there a significant difference between an intravenous (IV) versus subcutaneous (SQ) formulation for Stelara. Should the IV formulation for Stelara be submitted under HCPCS code J3357 or HCPCS co...
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A patient underwent a minimally invasive sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion for severe pain caused by insufficiency fractures of the sacrum. The procedure itself reads exactly like CPT code 27279, Ar...
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The right inguinal, femoral and obturator hernias are repaired laparoscopically, in the right groin area. The umbilical hernia is repaired via an open approach through one of the laparoscopic troca...
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Patient presents for repair of eyelid laxity of upper and lower left eyelids and entropion of the left lower eyelid. Local eyelid block was administered and a lateral canthotomy and inferior cantho...
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A patient with a left ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) and bilateral renal calculi was scheduled to undergo multiple lithotripsies at our facility. A bilateral lithotripsy with stent placement was perf...
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