A patient presents with right upper quadrant pain, nausea and other symptoms of liver disease as well as complaints of decreased urination. Her physician orders an albumin; bilirubin, both total and direct; alkaline phosphatase; total protein; alanine amino transferase; aspartate amino transferase, and creatinine. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?
Read DetailsA couple with the inability to conceive has fertility testing. The semen specimen is tested for volume, count, motility and a differential is calculated. The findings indicate infertility due to oligospermia. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
Read DetailsAortography and bilateral extremity angiography were performed. The physician placed the catheter in the aorta at the level of the renal arteries and injected contrast for the aortography and repositioned the catheter just above the bifurcation for angiography of the lower extremities. Which CPT® codes are reported?
Read DetailsA patient with sickle cell anemia with painful sickle crisis received normal saline IV 100 cc per hour to run over 5 hours for hydration in the provider’s office. She will be given Morphine & Phenergan, prn (as needed). What codes are reported?
Read DetailsA patient recently experienced muscle atrophy and noticed she did not have pain when she cut herself on a piece of glass. The provider decides to obtain a needle biopsy of the spinal cord under ultrasound guidance in the outpatient setting. The biopsy results come back as syringomyelia. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported for the biopsy procedure?
Read DetailsA patient has a cholecystectomy and a soft tissue lipoma removed during the same operative session. Both specimens were sent to pathology in separate containers for gross and microscopic examination by the pathologist. What CPT® code(s) are reported?
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