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    Wiki Effusion drainage with pleurodesis

    I have a provider who wants to add modifier 22 for draining a pleural effusion at the time of doing a pleurodesis. I don't see it documented that there was increased work, complexity, or time and the office manager is pushing back. Please see the below op note snip and all feedback is welcomed...
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    Wiki Pleurodesis with drainage of effusion

    I have a provider who wants to add modifier 22 for draining a pleural effusion at the time of doing a pleurodesis. I don't see it documented that there was increased work, complexity, or time and the office manager is pushing back. Please see the below op note snip and all feedback is welcomed...
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    Wiki Diagnostic or Therapeutic Wedge

    I am not very confident in this part of my coding and I want to make sure I am coding this correctly. The op note is below and I want to code it wit 32608: :confused::confused: History of an abdominal GIST tumor s/p resection a few years ago. As part of her monitoring she was found to have a...
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    Wiki Ravitch vs Nuss Pectus Excavatum Repair

    Hello, I was curious if anyone has had experience with coding pectus excavatum repairs? I am currently working with a surgeon who states she did a modified Ravitch procedure combined with a Nuss procedure. I am going back and forth on the coding between 21740 and 21743. Any help would be greatly...
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