A 50-year-old female has telangiectasias of the face on both…
A 50-year-old female has telangiectasias of the face on both cheeks. She is very bothered by this and presents to have them destroyed via laser. The physician lasers one cutaneous vascular lesion on each cheek; each lesion measuring 2 sq cm. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?
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A patient’s mother and sister have been treated for breast cancer. She has blood drawn for cancer gene analysis with molecular pathology testing. She has previously received genetic counseling. Blood will be tested for full sequence analysis and common duplication or deletion variants (mutations) in BRCA1, BRCA2 (breast cancer 1 and 2). What CPT® code(s) is (are) reported for this molecular pathology procedure?
Read DetailsA patient with primary hyperparathyroidism undergoes parathy…
A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism undergoes parathyroid sestamibi (nuclear medicine scan) and ultrasound and is found to have only one diseased parathyroid. A minimally invasive parathyroidectomy is performed. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported for the surgery?
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