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    Wiki 36430 multiple transfusions 1 encounter multiple dos

    thank you! facilities all seem to interpret it differently. one facility says it has to be 24hrs apart from the initial order with a new order, which i somewhat agree with, but some think it can be billed no matter what even if it's part of the same order started the night before and then...
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    Wiki 36430 multiple transfusions 1 encounter multiple dos

    Hello! If a patient is seen in the ED or OBS department over multiple days and given a blood transfusion 12/01 10:30pm and then requires another one after midnight 12/03 03:30am is this billed twice on 2 different dos? I am understanding the MUE as 1 per encounter/claim no matter how many times...
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    Wiki paraspinal injection

    Hello- i have a procedure where the physician does an injection "outside of the paraspinal process" Procedures Paracervical block: After chlorhexidine preparation approximately 3 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine was injected approximately 2 cm to either side the C7 spinous process. I...
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    Wiki Anesthesia qualifying circumstance codes

    Right, over 21 means you can buy alcohol when you're 21. Not 22.
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    Wiki 99100 70 or 71?

    thank you!:o
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    Wiki 99100 70 or 71?

    I am w/a 3rd party coding company so I don't handle anything w/AR. Didn't think this would be so hard to find the answer!
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    Wiki 99100 70 or 71?

    Has anyone received payment for 99100 for a 70 year old patient or does the patient have to be 71? "Older than 70" can technically mean 70+1 day. I understand Medicare does not pay for this, but do other insurances pay if only "70"? please help! :confused:
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    Wiki Anesthesia qualifying circumstance codes

    i know this is really old, but has anyone received a payment from a patient that was 70 for 99100? my colleagues are saying patient should be 71 but i agree, 70+1 day is "over 70". I would think the definition would state "71 or over". thanks! Amy E.:confused:
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    Wiki Screening Colonoscopy and Anestheisia

    A non-medicare patient doesn't use the G codes and you wouldn't use a modifier with a G code. You would code this procedure as 45378. If there was an additional procedure done say a polypectomy with a cold forcep, then you would code 45380-33. The modifier is used to show it was a screening and...
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    Wiki Repair of Recurrent Umbilical Hernia

    so if a patient comes in for a laparoscopic repair of a recurrent umbilical hernia, would you code 49654, 49656, or 49652? if "incisional" means recurrent is 49656 the following repairs after the first 2? and did the initial repairs need to be "incisional" or does incisional mean any type of...
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    Wiki 43251 & 43239 in Office Endoscopy Suite

    there was only one technique used...the hot snare. if he had done a hot snare and a cold forcep, then you could bill the 43239.
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