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    Wiki Infed Infusions Help

    Thank you for your help !!
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    Wiki Infed Infusions Help

    Does anyone have experience with billing Infed infusions? This is a new drug that has been started in our practice and we are having a difficult time getting pricing information and correct billing units, etc. I tried to go on NDClist.com and I could not get any pricing information to come up...
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    Wiki Gastroenterology Help!!

    Yes, thank you Lady T !!
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    Wiki Gastroenterology Help!!

    Thank you !! Do you know of any specific documentation requirements that the doctor has to document in order to bill an anoscopy or proctosigmoidoscopy? My docs are saying "Anoscopy: grade II internal hemorrhoids". Is that enough to code? If not, what else should be documented? Is there...
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    Wiki Gastroenterology Help!!

    Hello, I am new to this specialty. Does anyone have any resources for documentation guidelines/requirements for Anoscopies, Proctosigmoidoscopies, etc done in the office? I have been looking for hours and am unable to find anything concrete directly related to these type of procedures. Thank you...
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    Wiki Locum tenens and Telemedicine

    Hello, I have a pediatrician who had shoulder surgery. He wants to have another physician (not in the group & doesn't share the same tax id) see patients for him 1-2 days a week in the morning only while he attends physical therapy. The regular physician also wants to then do telemedicine...
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    Wiki 26765 & 26236

    My doc says 26765 & 26236 are the codes that were done in the following procedure: Can anyone weigh in? I am not 100% in agreement with it. 26765 (open tx distal phalangeal fx.....) incision is made, bones are reapproximated & internal fixation may be used-the site was already open due to...
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    Wiki Fractures and MDM

    Can any of the ortho peers weigh in on this please as I am having difficulties determining the correct MDM for 2021 visits? For fracture follow-up visits (when global fx care is not billed) a month or two after initial injury, patient gets x-ray (which we bill separately), and doc says it's...
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    Wiki MDM for routine fracture follow-ups

    Can anyone weigh in on the risk and complexity of a fracture that is being followed routinely with x-rays being performed & billed in the office? I can't use the data since the x-rays are being billed. I am having difficulty with determining if the fracture becomes a self limited problem after...
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    Wiki 99213?

    I am also having difficulty with these new guidelines. Is the rationale for the the low risk in the above first scenario because of the additional testing (scan)? If anyone can give me an opinion & reasons for the following scenario, I would appreciate it as well-I feel more confused now than...
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    Wiki Bimalleolar equivalent fracture

    Thank you for your replies!!!
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    Wiki Bimalleolar equivalent fracture

    A patient presents with a bimalleolar equivalent fracture and only the lateral malleolus is reduced and then fixed with internal fixation. There was no need to do a deltoid ligament repair so a cast was applied to immobilize and allow it to heal. Does this count as a 27814 Open treatment of...
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    Wiki 27698 Help please.

    This is the description in the op report for a Brostrom ligament repair. I am unsure if this is enough to code or does my doc need to specifically state he repaired a ligament. Any help is greatly appreciated as this is all new to me. Incision made laterally starting at anterolateral portal...
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    Skin and subcutaneous tissue divided. The superficial peroneal nerve was identified and...

    Skin and subcutaneous tissue divided. The superficial peroneal nerve was identified and preserved. Dissection was carried down to the capsule. Capsule was opened in line with the incision, flaps proximally and distally were developed and then repaired with a combination of 2-0 Ethibond suture...
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    27698 coding help please... The following is the procedure listed in the operative report for a...

    27698 coding help please... The following is the procedure listed in the operative report for a Brostrom ligament repair 27698. However, I am unsure if it's enough to code it. Does the doc have to specifically mention that he repaired a ligament or is his description enough? Any help is...
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