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    Wiki Workflow for AMB/SDS facility side

    Hi, I’m just trying to get an idea how everyone’s workflow goes for Ambulatory/Same Day Surgery for facility side? Do you group the same procedures together and code them all at the same time? Or just sort them by DOS and do a different procedure each chart? I’m trying to get ideas on how to...
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    Wiki ASC fee schedules updates

    I've pulled the Addendum for Final ASC Covered Surgical Procedures for CY2019. 14301 is not listed. Does that mean they've deleted and don't consider that a procedure that is covered in ASC setting? It was on the 2018 list. 11402 isn't on the Jan addendum either.
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    Wiki Biller/Coder w/ ASC/SDS Expertise - Looking For FT Work (Remote or NW Houston, TX)

    Hello, I am a certified Medical Biller and Coder with expertise in multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers/Same Day Surgery looking for full time work either remotely or in Northwest Houston, TX. Willing to do Billing, Coding, or Both. Attached is my resume for your review.
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    Wiki Can a Cervical Tranforaminal injection be done with a catheter?

    I bill for a ASC and work with a doctor who has some confusing procedure notes at times. I want to know if you can use a catheter that has been threaded through the epidural space and then inject serveral formanina and bill it as multiple levels of a transforaminal injection (64479-64480). Any...
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    Wiki Op note

    Is the op note the only place that you can pull the "reason for the surgery" from, or if you need a more specific DX can you pull the "reason for surgery" from the H &P? example=op note states glaucoma, H&P states POAG. If there is a guideline stating that you can go to the H&P-please reference...
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