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    Wiki Palatopharyngeus muscle flaps?

    The physician is listing this procedure as 1. Tonsillectomy 2. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty 3. Bilateral Adjacent Tissue Transfer (Palatopharyngeus Muscle Flaps)- Functional Expansion Pharyngoplsaty Technique (To treat obstructive sleep apnea) He wants me to code this as 42145 (UPPP), 14040...
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    Wiki Nasal and septal fracture repair

    In this procedure my doctor is say he performed 1)septoplasty with open reduction and stabilization of septal fractures 2) open reduction of nasal bone fractures with stabilization But in the OP notes, I don't feel like an open reduction of nasal bone was performed. First a traditional...
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    Wiki reconstruction of external ear after being bitten off by dog

    Hi We have a 10 yr old boy who had his ear basically bitten off. He was seen by a doctor who placed a permanent suture and sutured his ear to the skin on his head to allow healing of the ear injury. He was told to come back in 6 months to a year to remove the suture and do a reconstruction...
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    Wiki coding scopes with open procedures

    Hello all, I would realllyyy like to be able to have a experienced ENT coder to network with or several. I have a few questions regarding when you can code a diagnostic scope with open procedures? I understand the concept of the provider using a scope to survey to area prior to a procedure is...
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    Wiki fx repair of osteocutaneous graft donor site

    Osteocutaneous graft taken from radius (roughly 4 cm of bone). the provider wants to bill for fx care of radius (we did place a plate to strengthen the area). wound covered with skin grafting from another site. Can we bill for fx care and supporting documentation please. thank you
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    Wiki OP Note Review : SML; laser and BTX (hypertrophy of trachealis/bronchialis muscles)

    Physician chose 31573 and 31641. I appreciate in advance, input Ehler's-Danlos Syndrome; excessive dynamic airway collapse; hypertrophy of the trachealis and bronchialis muscles Spasm of muscle [M62.838]Subglottic stenosis [J38.6] Chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia...
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