A: HCPCS L codes describe orthotics and prosthetics, which includes codes for some splints and immobilizers. The definition of many L codes includes the phrase, âincludes fitting and adjustment.â Therefore, when you report the L code, you are reporting the splint and the procedure of fitting the device to the patient. When you also report a CPTÂ® code, you report the procedure twice.
In the lungs, tuberculosis can cause severe coughing, pain, difficulty breathing and chest congestion. Left untreated, this disease can be fatal.
Acute causes of heavy chest feeling are. 1  Gastritis or esophagitis: Chest pain involving the lower chest and upper abdomen, and increases on swallowing or after eating food. 2  Myocardial infarction or heart attack: sudden excruciating chest pain with squeezing and heavy feeling in the chest. Pain may radiate to shoulder and jaw. Sweating or breathing difficulty can accompany with it. Fracture of ribs: there is history of trauma in individuals who have heavy chest feeling and pain in the chest.