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    Wiki Looking for guidance on VATS trisegmentectomy

    This surgeon titled his surgery as a trisegmentectomy, but it was performed on the left, and I'm struggling to see how this is more than a left lobectomy with lymph node dissection. I would appreciate any input. Procedure: Patient was taken to the operating room and placed in the supine...
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    Wiki Lesion/Mass or Neoplasm????

    HELP!!! I was always taught and then have always followed through with the mind set that if a doctor documents a pt as having a mass or lesion that it would be coded from the mas/lesion section or from the disease section from ICD 9. I have a doctor wanting to code them as unspecified...
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    Wiki rib fracture treatment using titanium rib plates

    One of my trauma surgeons did a procedure for rib fractures utilizing pre-contoured rib plates. I don't see a code any where in the book that seems to fit the description so i was thinking of using one of two codes but I'm not sure which one: 21805 which will allow me to code each rib...
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    Wiki dx for skin necrosis due to drug

    I am coding allograft of skin and the diagnosis is skin necrosis due to doxycycline. someone please help
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    Wiki New CPC-A looking for work in CT

    Emily Ferraro CPC-A 78 Church Street ~ Guilford, CT 06437 203-376-2319 ~ emilyjm216@hotmail.com Qualified for Health Claim assignments to enhance support and operational efficiency. Skills & Qualifications Medical Coding (ICD-9, CPT-4, HCPCS) Insurance Verification Microsoft...
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