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    Wiki Help! uncomplicated or systemic

    I code for Neurosurgeons, patients come in with low back pain, with pain radiating down both legs for 6 months. Dr. gives dx of lumbar radiculopathy. Were sending patient to PT and then back to office in 6 wks with updated films/mri. Would this fall under the problem category of Acute w/...
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    Wiki 11043

    CPT 11043 keeps denying by some insurance as incorrect place of service. We bill this with place of service 11 and some insurance will pay this and others are now denying. Is anyone else having issues with this? If so, what have you done? I have tried researching and I can not find anything on...
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    Wiki Aneuryms icd 10

    He is postop of the catherization and angiography for the vessels. This was previously done in the hospital. Patient is now in our office for a follow-up of that procedure. He no longer has an active ruptured aneurysm.
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    Wiki Aneuryms icd 10

    If a patient suffered a spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrahage and our provider performed catherization and angiography for the vessels and now comes into our office for a follow up how would you code this? I67.1 or Z95.828 or something else?
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    Wiki Medical decision making

    I am a little confused between Acute uncomplicated that is low risk of functional impairment vs Acute illness with systemic symptoms that has a high risk of functional impairment w/o treatment. For example, patient presents with 2 months of neck pain. Patient was diagnosed with Cervical...
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    Wiki Medical Decision Making

    Thats where I am confused. Lets say the provider states "She states that the symptoms have been present for approximately 2 years and have progressed" but doesn't come out and actually say chronic. Would this be considered chronic if stated like that? I was always told a year or longer would be...
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    Wiki Medical Decision Making

    When choosing the number/complexity of problems addressed, moderate shows as 1 or more chronic illness with exacerbation....To determine problem can fall into this complexity does the provider need to actually state that the problem is chronic or can the coder go by in the HPI area where they...
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    Wiki Medical Decision making

    If the patient has had surgery and they are in Arthrodesis status with no other complaints would that be considered self limited for the follow up outside of the global period? Would all post procedure surgeries without complications be considered self limited? or would they be considered...
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    Wiki Aftercare code

    We are a Neurosurgeons office that perform for ex ACDF, PLIF, Lami so on. My question is since we are neurosurgeons for our aftercare code for the ACDF, PLIFs, Lamis do we use the Z48.89 Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare or should we use the Z47.89 Encounter for orthopedic aftercare?
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    Wiki ACDF, PLIF, Lami aftercare codes

    We are a Neurosurgeons office that perform for ex ACDF, PLIF, Lami so on. My question is since we are neurosurgeons for our aftercare code do we use the Z48.89 Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare or should we use the Z47.89 Encounter for orthopedic aftercare? Ive been using Z48.89...
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