General Question for the Week of April 11, 2022
What is meant by a stent for biliary procedures?
What is meant by a stent for biliary procedures?
For cervical carotid stenting, is there a code for ‘each additional vessel’?
Do carotid stent placement codes include angioplasty?
Is there a hierarchy if several procedures are performed intracranially? How do I determine which code is correct?
What’s the difference between extra-cranial carotid circulation and intra-cranial carotid circulation?
Do carotid stent placement codes include angioplasty?
Are inpatient respiratory therapy services included in room and board?
If an IV antibiotic was administered but the MAR only contains the time the infusion started, can we charge for an IV push?
Regarding endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (formerly EVAR), what is meant by ‘rupture’?
What documentation is required if our non-hospital imaging center needs to do an exam in addition to that which was ordered by the patient’s treating physician?
The ED physician ordered NS 1000 ml @ 250 ml/hr and CT abdomen with contrast. Are we able to code 96360 for the IV hydration?
One of my physicians is asking why they have to document the percentage of stenosis instead of mild, moderate, or severe. Do you have any insight?
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