General Question for the Week of September 11, 2023
What is meant by a “port” in central venous access procedures?
What is meant by a “port” in central venous access procedures?
Abdominal interventional radiology coding is an area that poses risks for many coders, compliance professionals, and facilities across the nation. Coders face strong undercurrents of
What is portography?
If the intent of the procedure is to place a PICC line but this cannot be done, and the catheter is advanced only into a peripheral vein can this be coded as a PICC with a -52 modifier?
Would a spine jack kypho only be performed in the hospital setting (IP or OP)? Have you seen it performed in the imaging global centers?
If the documentation states a core biopsy of the disc space, would we still use 62267?
If the documentation doesn’t state the origin for 20551, should we code 20550?
Would you use 64450 for a femoral cutaneous nerve block?
Upper extremity interventional radiology coding can be a sinking area of challenge for coders and professionals alike with a quicksand of complexities that may leave
Can we code multiple codes for a blood patch when injected in different levels?
Would the sacroiliac joint be a medium or large joint?
Just for clarification on the Knee MR Arthrogram; When ordered and service performed, billing is as follows: Fluoro guidance used for the injection you would not report 73580. Submission is for the fluoro, injection, and MR?
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