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.
The CPT Code 69801
Modifier -58
It is the code used for Surgery / auditory system. The general guidance for this code is that it is used for incision of fluid canals of inner ear with infusion of drugs, transcanal approach.
nstructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when...
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
Assign the CPT surgery code(s) and the appropriate HCPCS level II and CPT modifier(s). PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Cervical lymph node abscess. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Same. PROCEDURE: Lymph node drainage ANESTHESIA: Local After the administration of adequate local anesthesia, the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. The enlarged left cervical lymph node was palpated. An incision was made over the node, and a whitish gray fluid was drained. A sample of the fluid from abscess was sent to the...
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. 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...
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. The physician performed an open revision of a previously performed gastric restrictive procedure and reversed the previously partitioned stomach to restore normal gastrointestinal continuity
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. 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. ,