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    Wiki Coding Pituitary nodule

    How do we code pituitary nodule? E23.7 (disease of pituitary) or D49.7 (neoplasm of pituitary)
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    Wiki coding

    we billed these codes for angiography and the 36247 was denied by BCBS stating Experimental/Investigational. Corporate Medical policy 6.01.15 intravascular brachytherapy. We just did an angiography. Are there code changes? Any help will be appreciated INDICATION: Intermittent claudication, left...
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    Wiki End stage liver disease

    Would you code cirrhosis and end stage liver disease as two separate codes? Or is cirrhosis included in end stage liver disease?
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    Wiki semantics: kidney vs. renal

    Having taught medical terminology in the college setting, I personally consider the words "kidney" & "renal" to be synonymous. Most of my daily work is HCC related. Physicians are constantly documenting code 585.x as: "renal stage X" "renal insufficiency X" "CRD" "CRF" My fellow auditor & I...
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