Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. The physician performed an open revision of a previously performed gastric restrictive procedure and reversed the previously partitioned stomach to restore normal gastrointestinal continuity
Gastric restrictive procedure refers to bariatric surgery that helps individual to loss the weight. The indications for gastric restrictive surgery includes BMI more than 35, health complications like diabetes mellitus,hypertension,cardiovascular diseases,sleep apnea,degeneration of bones. The surgery focuses on making insertion on the stomach and divide stomach into 2 parts. A small pouch is created and it will act as a reservoir to withhold the food. The other type is removing maximum portion of the stomach surgically. This limits the intake of the individual thereby helping on weight loss.
The CPT code for this procedure of open revision of a previously performed gastric restrictive procedure and reversed the previously partitioned stomach to restore normal gastrointestinal continuity is 43848 Revision ,open of gastric restrictive procedure for morbid obesity.
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an...
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. The physician passed an endoscope through the patient's mouth and visualized the entire esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. One lesion was removed using biopsy forceps. Another lesion was removed using a snare. ,
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Physician inserted a balloon endoscopically for tamponade of bleeding esophageal varices.
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Physician inserted a flexible esophagoscope into the esophagus and destroyed a lesion, using snare technique.
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Dr. Smith performed a partial cervical esophagectomy, and then Dr. Jones performed a jejunum transfer with microvascular anastomosis. (for Dr. Smith), (for Dr. Jones)
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient underwent incision of the pyloric muscle
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Surgeon made an incision in the left posterior chest wall into the esophagus to remove a foreign body from the esophagus
nstructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Local anesthesia was injected using 1 percent lidocaine with epinephrine 1.5 cc. Incision was made along the postauricular sulcus through the drainage point with retraction applied. A 3.0-cm sebaceous cyst was evident, and it was drained. A small bandage was placed over the incision and drainage site.
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient underwent reconstruction of the entire forehead and supraorbital rims, requiring grafts, to correct a congenital skeletal deformity. After administration of general anesthesia, scalp and upper eyelid incisions were made to access the surgical site. The forehead bones were reshaped and repositioned, and bone allografts were inserted...
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient was prepped and draped; after adequate general endotracheal anesthesia, the body was somewhat flexed at the waist to provide adequate exposure after taping in preparation to separate the buttocks at the sacral crease. A probe was inserted into the inferior sinus, and only 3–4 cm of...
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. 1. Via transabdominal approach, the physician performs imbrication by overlapping diaphragm tissue to ensure that the diaphragm is in the correct position and the eventration is corrected. 2. A patient is found to have a cystlike lesion per magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the mediastinum. This is...