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ER Visit Coding
What code do use when our pain doctor sees a patient in the emergency department for a consultation at the request of the ED physician? Our pain doctor treated the patient and discharged the patient from the ED.
Spinal Wound Closure with Flaps
One of our spine surgeons has asked me to help with an upcoming case. The patient is obese and has had multiple prior spine procedures. The spine surgeon would like me to close using bilateral paraspinal muscle flaps. How do I code the procedure and will I even get paid?
Acute Versus Chronic Conditions for Office E/M Services
When determining if an illness is chronic versus acute is it based on how long the patient has had the condition or is it based on if the condition is considered a chronic or acute condition?
Abdominal Fat Pad Core Biopsy
We did an abdominal fat pad biopsy for primary cutaneous Amyloidosis. Would 49180 or 11104 be the appropriate code for this?
Grafts/Implants
I know in years past from attending KZA/ AAOS workshops that the instructors taught that bone grafts (CPT code 20900 and 20902) were only reportable if the graft was harvested via a separate incision. Our surgeon recently did an arthroplasty procedure and harvested local bone to fill in bone voids. The surgeon wanted to code separately and I told the surgeon about needing to have made a separate incision. Now, I am questioning myself and wondering if this is still correct?
ER Visit Coding
What code do we charge for an ER visit when our physician was called to the ER by the ER doctor. The patient has Medicare.
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