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Who is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA security rule?

Who is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA security rule?

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What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of th…

What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a symptom of urinary retention?

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Where in the respiratory system is the carina located?

Where in the respiratory system is the carina located?

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A child has a splinter under the right middle fingernail. Wh…

A child has a splinter under the right middle fingernail. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

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HCPCS Level II includes code ranges that consist of what typ…

HCPCS Level II includes code ranges that consist of what type of codes?

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An established patient presents to the office with a recurre…

An established patient presents to the office with a recurrence of bursitis in both shoulders. Previous injections have been given which provided relief. Examination is limited only to the shoulders in which range of motion is good and full, but he has tenderness in the subdeltoid bursa. Both shoulders injected in the deltoid bursa with 120mg Depo-Medrol. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported for this visit?

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A 65-year-old male with a history of chronic glaucoma has pr…

A 65-year-old male with a history of chronic glaucoma has progressive optic nerve damage and elevated intraocular pressure. A clear corneal incision is made and viscoelastic material is injected into the anterior chamber over the lens to increase and maintain anterior chamber depth. The endoscope is inserted through the temporal incision to view the nasal ciliary processes, which is coagulated with the endpoint of shrinkage and whitening. The endoscope is moved in an arc, allowing treatment of the processes over an arc of 180° and a second corneal incision is made 90° away and 180° of ciliary processes are destroyed with laser therapy. The surgeon has completed coagulation of 270° of angle. The eye is reformed with balanced salt solution. Wounds are checked for leakage and sutures are placed to seal the wound. What CPT® code is reported?

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What diagnosis code(s) should be reported for acute and chro…

What diagnosis code(s) should be reported for acute and chronic cystitis?

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CLINICAL SUMMARY: The patient is a 55-year-old female with k…

CLINICAL SUMMARY: The patient is a 55-year-old female with known coronary disease and previous left anterior descending and diagonal artery intervention, with recent recurrent chest pain. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated continued patency of the stented segment, but diffuse borderline changes in the ostial/proximal portion of the right coronary artery.PROCEDURE: With informed consent obtained, the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. With the right groin area infiltrated with 2percent Xylocaine and the patient given 2 mg of Versed and 50 mcg of fentanyl intravenously for conscious sedation and pain control, the 6 French catheter sheath from the diagnostic study was exchanged for a 6 French sheath and a 6 French JR4 catheter with side holes utilized. The patient initially received 3000 units of IV heparin, and then IVUS interrogation was carried out using an Atlantis Boston Scientific probe. After it had been determined that there was significant stenosis in the ostial/proximal segment of the right coronary artery, the patient received an additional 3000 units of IV heparin, as well as Integrilin per double bolus injection. A 3.0 16-mm-long Taxus stent was then deployed in the ostium and proximal segment of the right coronary artery in a primary stenting procedure with inflation pressure up to 12 atmospheres applied. Final angiographic documentation was carried out, and then the guiding catheter pulled, the sheath upgraded to a 7 French system, because of some diffuse oozing around the 6 French sized sheath, and the patient is now being transferred to telemetry for post-coronary intervention observation and care.RESULTS: The initial guiding picture of the right coronary artery demonstrates the right coronary artery to be dominant in distribution, with luminal irregularities in its proximal and mid-third with up to 50 percent stenosis in the ostial/proximal segment per angiographic criteria although some additional increased radiolucency observed in that segment.IVUS interrogation confirms severe, concentric plaque formation in this ostial/proximal portion of the right coronary artery with over 80 percent area stenosis demonstrated. The mid, distal lesions are not significant, with less than 40 percent stenosis per IVUS evaluation.Following the coronary intervention with stent placement, there is marked increase in the ostial/proximal right coronary artery size, with no evidence for intimal disruption, no intraluminal filling defect, and TIMI III flow preserved.CONCLUSION: Successful coronary intervention with drug eluting Taxus stent placement to the ostial/proximal right coronary artery. What CPT® coding is reported?

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