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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki add 33362?.Thank you so much for your response!
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BYou are correct that femoral access was for the CPB portion. The note states "chest opened". I would think code 33858 AND 33405 would be billed due to the valve was also repaired. So if anything you forgot to bill the 33405. "The aortic valve...
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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki I42.2 vs I42.1.you have helped! thank you very much for your response!
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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki Diagnosis I51.89 vs I51.3.Thanks so much for your response!
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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki T82.857A.Thank you so much for your response! I appreciate it!
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BMy auditor wants me to use I42.1 instead of I42.2. I chose I42.2 because in the note it says she was more of a circumferential hypertrophic than a true outflow tract obstruction. PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: 1. Mitral insufficiency. 2...
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BMy auditor wants me to add T82.857A. The physician documents "Prosthetic mitral valve stenosis." This should be listed as the first listed diagnosis per coding guidelines "code also." I coded this 33430 and 33530 with I34.2 and I27.20. Is...
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BI am being audited and I used I51.89 as a diagnosis. The auditor wants me to Revise I51.89 to I51.3. She says...The physician documents under findings: "The mass appeared to be subacute thrombotic mass associated with an area in the right atrium...
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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki Auditing PA assist at surgery.well, dang... she did this on two claims and I was hoping to get two of those points back. Again, thanks so much for responding!
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Bbennieyoung replied to the thread Wiki Auditing PA assist at surgery.I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I had coded a 33426 (repair) when it was actually a 33430 (replacement). I agreed with the auditor on these findings. The surgeon wrote his note and included that the PA was an assist so all of that...
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Bbennieyoung reacted to nickelclaw's post in the thread Wiki PPM Implant Biventricular and Diagnostic EPS with
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Hello, The 33225 is an add on code and may not be used by itself needs a base procedure in CPT book under this code will give you a code range of the base procedure that is needed in order to bill the 33225. -
BI’m being audited once again and I have a claim that I billed for the surgeon and on that same claim I billed for the AS who is a PA. So, when the auditor was listing her findings she dinged me twice. Once for the surgeon charge and again for the...
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BPREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Acute type A aortic dissection. I coded this 33858. I am being audited and the auditor suggested that I add 33362. I think that's wrong. They didn’t do a TAVR and there isn't documentation for a TAVR. They do open...