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What is the abbreviation for BOTH EYES?

What is the anesthesia code for an appendectomy?

What CPT® code is reported for open decortication and parietal pleurectomy?

What are NEC and NOS considered in the ICD-10-CM code book?

A patient has a cholecystectomy and a soft tissue lipoma removed during the same operative session. Both specimens were sent to pathology in separate containers are examined by the pathologist. What CPT® code(s) are reported?

Code 00350 Anesthesia for procedures on major vessels of the neck; not otherwise specified has a base value of ten (10) units. The patient is physical status P3, which allows one (1) extra base unit. Anesthesia start time is reported as 11:02 am, and the surgery began at 11:14 am. The surgery finished at 12:34 pm and the patient was turned over to PACU at 12:47 pm, which was reported as the ending anesthesia time. Using fifteen-minute time increments and a conversion factor of $100, what is the correct anesthesia charge?

Referring to the CPT® codebook in the Evocative/Suppression subsection, if a patient has congenital adrenal hypoplasia (CAH) and testing is performed to identify if the insufficiency is due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency (insufficient stimulating hormones or inability to react to those hormones), what substances are tested for and how many times must the tests be performed?

A patient presents with wheezing and shortness of breath. After evaluating the patient, the provider determines the patient is suffering from an exacerbation of his asthma. The provider orders nebulizer treatments to be administered in his office. According to the ICD-10-CM guidelines for coding signs and symptoms, what is/are the correct ICD-10-CM code(s)?

What ICD-10-CM codes are reported for uncontrolled hypertension with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD)?

A 37-year-old has multilevel lumbar degenerative disc disease and is coming in for an epidural injection. Localizing the skin over the area of L5-S1, the physician uses the transforaminal approach under fluoroscopy guidance for needle positioning. The spinal needle is inserted, and the patient experienced paresthesias into her left lower extremity. The anesthetic drug is injected into the epidural space. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?