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Should code Z51.5, Encounter for palliative care, be assigned for patients who do not have a terminal disease, but are receiving comfort care for a serious illness?
...Yes. Code Z5...
Please clarify correct code assignment for critical limb ischemia. There are no entries in the Index to Diseases for this condition and coding professionals may arrive at different codes. The Index...
Critical lim...
ICD-10-CM Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines for coding COVID-19 (April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 version) used to allow coding of confirmed cases on the basis of “presumptive test...
A presumptiv...
A patient with prostate cancer presents for a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. Pneumoperitoneum was established and the abdomen was insufflated. The robotic trocars were then placed in ...
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If a patient presents for a screening colonoscopy, and a lesion is found and removed by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique, HCPCS Level II code C9779, is it appropriate to append modi...
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According to the guidance in the July 2023 CPT Assistant, Pages 14-15, add-on codes 15853, Removal of sutures or staples not requiring anesthesia (List separately in addition to E/M co...
CPT codes 15...
The patient presents for the administration of melphalan to the hepatic artery to treat unresectable uveal melanoma metastases. Ultrasound-guided access was achieved through the right internal jugu...
In addition ...
A patient with a history of recurrent posterior epistaxis underwent nasal endoscopy. Multiple telangiectasias were observed throughout the nasal cavity, including a prominent telangiectasia protrud...
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A patient presented for resection of the left axilla and left lateral chest wall due to recurrent hidradenitis suppurativa. After standard preparation the axillary site was addressed first. An elli...
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A patient with a longstanding history of left shoulder pain and functional limitations presented for surgical intervention. A left shoulder arthroscopy and rotator cuff repair with bioinductive imp...
No additiona...