Costs Not Related to Patient Care
Costs not related to patient care are costs which are not appropriate or necessary and proper in developing and maintaining...
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Similar to 2012 CPT changes, the process of bundling multiple procedures into a single code will continue to dominate the...
List Of Annual Clotting Factor Furnishing Fees For 2005-2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes the clotting factor furnishing fee in the published national payment limits...
HEDIS stands for Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. It is the most widely used set of performance measures in...
Preoperative Diagnosis: Status post left ureterolithotomy. Postoperative Diagnosis: Status post ureterolithotomy; calculus of right renal pelvis. Operative technique: The patient...
Preoperative Diagnosis: Cataract, left eye. Postoperative Diagnosis: Cataract, left eye. Anesthesia: Retrobulbar, IV sedation. Anesthesia: Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation in the left eye....
What are the three levels of Physician Supervision?
CMS recognizes three primary levels of physician supervision. In the context of outpatient diagnostic services, these are defined as: 1....
Description of Procedure: Left heart catherterization, left ventriculography, and selective coronary arteriography were performed percutaneously via the right femoral artery...
Indications: This is a third follow-up dilation for this patient. He had a pyloric channel uncer, which has been slow...
New HCPCS Codes Effective for Certain Drugs and Biologicals
Q2045 Injection, human fibrinogen concentrate, 1 mg Q2046 Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg Q2047 Injection, Peginesatide, 0.1 MG (for ESRD on...
Procedure: ERCP with sphincterotomy and removal of common duct stone Indication for Procedure: The patient is a 62-year-old women with...
Preoperative Diagnosis: Benign prostatic hypertrophy with urinary obstructive symptoms Postoperative Diagnosis: Benign prostatic hypertrophy with urinary obstruction Procedure: Transurethral resection...