The carotid canal is a passage between the temporal bones of the skull through which the inner carotid artery enters the central cranial fossa of the neck. It is a passage through the temporal bone that transfers the inner carotid artery to the sympathetic plexus. Carotid Canal Structure Its lower opening is called the carotid…
AAPC’s Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential is the gold standard for medical coding in physician office settings and held by more than 60,000 coding professionals. CPC’s are critical to compliant and profitable medical practices and typically earn 20% more than non-certified coders. The CPC increases your chances of being hired and retained in a competitive…
This article will define CPT 99285, explain the medical necessity to report CPT 99285, the guidelines and eight examples of CPT 99285. CPT 99285 Definition CPT 99285 is defined by the CPT manual as follows: (the text in Italic is the official definition of CPT 99285, the normal font explain it). Counseling and/or coordination of…
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (CPT TAVR – also known as TAVI or transcatheter aortic valve implantation) is a new technology for use in treating aortic stenosis. A bioprosthetic valve is inserted percutaneously using a catheter and implanted in the orifice of the native aortic valve. CMS issued a Medicare National Coverage…
CPT 99202 – Initial office visit for a 13-years-old patient with come do papular acne of the face unresponsive to over-the-counter medications. (Family medicine) CPT 99202 – Initial office visit for a patient with a clinically benign lesion or nodule of the lower leg that has been present for many years. (Dermatology) CPT 99202 –…
CPT 99233 – Subsequent hospital visit for a 38-year-old male, quadriplegic with acute autonomic hyperreflexia, who is not responsive to initial care. (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) CPT 99233 – Follow-up hospital visit for a teenage female who continues to experience severely disruptive, violent, and life-threatening symptoms in a complicated multi-system illness, Family/social circumstances also a…
CPT 99291 – First hour of critical care of a 65-year-old man with septic shock following relief of ureteral obstruction caused by a stone. CPT 99291 – First hour of critical care a 15-year-old with acute respiratory failure from asthma CPT 99291 – First hour of critical of a 45-year-old who sustained a liver laceration,…
CPT 99255 – Initial inpatient consultation for a 76-year-old female with massive, life-treatening gastrointestinal hemorrhage and chest pain. (Gastroenterology) CPT 99255 – Initial inpatient consultation for a 75-year-old female, admitted to intensive care with acute respiratory distress syndrome, who is hypersensitive, and has a moderate metabolic acidosis, and a rising serum creatinine. (Nephrology) CPT 99255…
CPT 99241 – Initial office consultation for a 40-year-old female in pain from blister on lip following a cold. (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) CPT 99241 – Initial office consultation for a 62-year-old construction worker with olecranon bursitis. (Orthopaedic Surgery) CPT 99241 – Office consultation with 25-year-old postpartum female with sever symptomatic hemorrhoids. (Colon & Rectal…
CPT 99223 – Initial hospital visit for a 45-year-old female, who has a history of rheumatic fever as a child and now has anemia, fever, and congestive heart failure. (Cardiology) CPT 99223 – Initial hospital visit for a 50-year-old male with acute chest pain and diagnostic electrocardiographic changes of an acute anterior myocardial infarction. (Cardiology/Family…
