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A patient is seen for implantation of a single chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Based on documentation the defibrillation threshold testing (DFT) was not performed because the ...
Based on the...
Per Coding Clinic for HCPCS newsletters from 2013 and 2009, previous coding advice provided guidance to use CPT code 77002, Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (e.g., biopsy, aspiration,...
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Is CPT code 77081, Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bone density study, 1 or more sites; appendicular skeleton (peripheral) (e.g., radius, wrist, heel), included in CPT code 77080,...
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A patient seen at our facility received a right heart catheterization and heart biopsy. According to the documentation, the catheter was guided into the right side of the heart and passed into the ...
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Clarification is needed regarding whether it is appropriate to append a modifier to an unlisted CPT code. There are several CPT Assistants archives, which state that it is inappropriate be...
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Please clarify if the coding instruction provided in AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS 3Q 2015 and Coding Clinic for HCPCS 2Q 2014 continues to apply in 2017 as it relates to hospital-b...
The guidance...
A patient with a history of bladder cancer, status post radical cystectomy, a T-pouch to the urethra, and a history of problems with afferent valve stenosis, is now being seen at our facility for s...
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In the Second Quarter 2010 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, a patient underwent the implantation of a BaHa® osseointegrated implant. Following the procedure, the patient was scheduled to...
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A 15-year-old patient presents with a recurrent patellar instability. Attenuation of medial soft tissue structures as well as a tibial tubercle to trochlear groove (TT-TG) of greater than 20 was id...
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A patient underwent repair of a nasal valve collapse utilizing placement of Spirox Latera Implants.
Would it be appropriate to assign CPT code 30465, Repair of nasal vestibular ste...
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