Medicine

1. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative when coding from the chemistry code section of the CPT manual? 2. Why are Chemistry Codes considered to be the most challenging codes in all of the CPT codes? 3. What do you do to de-cipher them? 4. Describe a situation when a panniculectomy is medically necessary after elective bariatric surgery? 5. Should it be covered by third party payers? 6. If so, why? 7. If not, why not?