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Aquaphor and UVB Billing
Some of our dermatology physicians use Aquaphor as a conductive agent when doing UVB for our psoriasis patients and billing CPT code 96910. We see that Aquaphor is not considered a conductive agent, but we wanted to get your feedback to make sure. Should we use CPT code 96910 or 96912?
Selective or Non-Selective Catheterization
If we access the dorsalis pedis artery with a catheter and go up into the anterior tibial for arteriogram, is this selective or non-selective?
Flap Creation to Prevent Adhesion to Abdominal Wall
Can I separately bill for an omental flap or peritoneal flap when the surgeon performs the flap to prevent adhesion to the abdominal wall after a hernia repair or colon resection?
Amount of Lamina Removed for a Laminectomy
I'm pretty new to neurosurgery coding and could use some help. Is there a specific amount or percentage of lamina that must be removed in order to code 63047?
Performing Endoscopy at the Request of Another Provider
If another provider, not in the same group, asks that I do an endoscopy prior to tube placement, and they place the tube, can I separately report the endoscopy?
Instrumentation Removal vs. Exploration
My coder told me that if spinal instrumentation is removed and exploration performed but nothing else done, we would code for exploration but not for the removal of instrumentation. Why wouldn't we bill instrumentation removal vs. exploration?
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