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Discontinued vertebroplasty
Date: Feb 15, 2012
Question:
The patient was positioned for the procedure on the scanner, and scout images obtained for CT-guided vertebroplasty.After establishing pulse oximetry, BP and EKG monitoring by the radiology nurse, moderate sedation with Tordal and Fentanyl was administered. My intra-service time was less than 30 minutes. Despite the administration of IV pain medication as above the patient could not tolerate the positioning for the procedure. He demanded that we stop the procedure. It was therefore terminated, before any steps of the vertebroplasty were initiated. This is an outpatient. Could we use a modifier 74 for this?
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