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A patient with spinal stenosis underwent placement of an interspinous process distractor several months prior for stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 which provided only short term relief. The patient now pr...
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Patient with a previous left sacral InterStim™ system was experiencing malfunction and migration of the lead, urinary incontinence, and pain. A decision was made to remove the left sacral neurost...
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A patient with endometrial adenocarcinoma underwent a total laparoscopic robotic-assisted hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, sentinel lymph node mapping with indocyanine green (ICG)...
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A patient presented with a left ruptured plantar plate, dorsal contracture with subluxation and ruptured flexor tendons of the second metatarsophalangeal joint. Both dorsal and plantar incisions we...
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A patient presented with an umbilical pilonidal cyst. A supraumbilical incision was made and the cyst and tract were removed its entirety. We are seeking advice on how to properly code excision of ...
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A patient who underwent a Mako patellofemoral joint replacement two months prior, fell and presented with a lateral patellar dislocation requiring a medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) repair wit...
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A patient with a left displaced bimalleolar ankle fracture, with syndesmotic injury underwent an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of both the fracture and syndesmotic injury. A lateral incis...
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Patient who had a total thyroidectomy nine years ago, now presents for removal of a paralaryngeal neck mass with right thyroid tumor mass. Incision was made in the previous thyroidectomy scar. The ...
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The Central Office for HCPCS has received questions relating to the advice published in Coding Clinic for HCPCS, First Quarter 2019, page 5, that advised the assignment of CPT code 61635, ...
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A patient with a lateral tongue lesion presented for biopsies and laser ablation of the lesion. The procedure began with a laryngoscopy utilizing the GlideScope with no additional lesions identifie...
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