Blog

The surgeon created a femoral-popliteal artery bypass using a vein graft.

Clinic Record Procedure: Laryngoscopy This 45-year-old patient is seen in the ENT clinic for a chronic sore throat. The patient’s mouth is open wide and the tongue held down with a tongue depressor. The laryngeal mirror is inserted into the back of the mouth just above the uvula. I was able to visualize the epiglottis, larynx, and vocal cords. On the larynx appeared a small lesion. The patient is advised to have the lesion removed in the Outpatient Surgery Department on Tuesday.

A physician drew blood to test for levels of T3 on a non-Medicare patient. The blood was sent to an outside laboratory for analysis. When billing for the physician’s services, which of the following modifiers should be appended to CPT code 84480?

The  lightning bolt symbol that is added to the Laboratory and Pathology section means _______.

The patient had a laparoscopic incisional herniorrhaphy for a recurrent reducible hernia. The repair included insertion of mesh. What is the correct code assignment?

The patient had a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. The coder selected the following codes: 58150 and 58700. The assignment of these two codes together would be referred to as:

A CABG procedure was performed. The surgeon bypassed three coronary artery sites by grafting the left internal mammary artery, and one site was treated by grafting the greater saphenous venous graft to the obtuse marginal from the aorta. What are the correct CPT code assignments for this procedure? 

In coding arterial catheterizations, when the tip of the catheter is manipulated from the insertion into the aorta and then out into another artery, this is called ___________.

The physician performed a colonoscopy that extended from the anus to the cecum and used a snare to remove a polyp of the transverse colon.

A cystourethroscopy with ureteroscopy was performed to remove a calculus lodged in the left ureter.