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An 8-year-old undergoes tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy for chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis with hypertrophy.
What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
The gynecologist performs a colposcopy of the cervix including biopsy and endocervical curettage.
What CPT® code is reported?
A child returns for stage 2 surgical repair of double outlet right ventricle, including removal of pulmonary artery band, arterial switch repair, and ECMO cannulation.
What CPT® codes are reported?
Preoperative diagnosis: Right thigh benign congenital hairy nevus. *1
Postoperative diagnosis: Right thigh benign congenital hairy 0 nevus.
Operation performed: Excision of right thigh benign congenital>1
nevus, excision size with margins 4.5 cm and closure size 5 cm.
Anesthesia: General.0
Intraoperative antibiotics: Ancef.0
Indications: The patient is a 5-year-old girl who presented with her parents for evaluation of her right thigh congenital nevus. It has been followed by pediatrics and thought to have changed over the past year. Family requested excision. They understood the risks involved, which included but were not limited to risks of general
anesthesia, infection, bleeding, wound dehiscence, and poor scar formation. They understood the scar would likely widen as the child grows because of the location of it and because of the age of the patient. They consented to proceed.
Description of procedure: The patient was seen preoperatively in > I the holding area, identified, and then brought to the operating room. Once adequate general anesthesia had been induced, the patient's right thigh was prepped and draped in standard surgical fashion. An elliptical excision measuring 6 x 1.8 cm had been marked. This was injected with Lidocaine with epinephrine, total of 6 cc of 1% with 1:100,000. After an adequate amount of time, a #15 blade was used to sharply excise this full thickness.
This was passed to pathology for review. The wound required â–¡ limited undermining in the deep subcutaneous plane on both sides for approximately 1.5 cm in order to allow mobilization of the skin for closure. The skin was then closed in a layered fashion using 3-0 Vicryl on the dermis and then 4-0 Monocryl running subcuticular in the skin, the wound was cleaned and dressed with Dermabond and Steri-Strips.
The patient was then cleaned and turned over to anesthesia for S extubation.
She was extubated successfully in the operating room and taken S to the recovery room in stable condition. There were no complications.
What E/M coding is reported?
The provider performs a radical resection of a 4.5 cm sarcoma in the upper arm.
What CPT® coding is reported?
Which circumstance supports medical necessity for a payment by the insurance company?
A healthy 35-year-old undergoes EP study and ablation under general anesthesia.
What anesthesia coding is correct?
A male patient passes out while jogging in the park. Upon examination at the hospital, he is found to have a wide complex tachycardia and undergoes an electrophysiologic study and radiofrequency ablation. For this procedure he is placed under general anesthesia.
What is the anesthesia coding for this otherwise healthy 35-year-old?