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A patient with a thyroid lesion underwent a left thyroidectomy and was diagnosed with noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP). What is the appropriate I...
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A patient was admitted for thoracoscopic removal of an anterior mediastinal mass. The pathology report confirmed the final diagnosis as mediastinal thymolipoma. What is the appropriate code assignm...
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A patient was admitted for management of a pancreatic pleural fistula and left pleural effusion. The patient is status post tumor debulking surgery, including splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy ...
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An infant born at 39 weeks gestation was noted to have Mongolian spots on the skin of the buttocks and lumbar spine. Findings of Mongolian spots were also listed in the discharge summary. Should Mo...
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A patient developed a postoperative epidural hematoma following an L3-L4 and L4-L5 laminectomy, medial facetectomy, and foraminotomy. Code G97.62, Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ ...
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A 32-year-old patient with a history of gender dysphoria was admitted for radial forearm phalloplasty. Following the radial forearm flap phalloplasty, the flap was assessed intraoperatively with a ...
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A patient presents with spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula at the right T8-T9 level. The symptoms are positional headaches, weakness of the left arm and...
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A patient who is 22 weeks gestation was admitted for a planned induction of labor via buccal administration of an abortifacient for termination of pregnancy due to a lethal fetal anomaly, holoprose...
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An obstetric patient presents at 38 weeks and four days gestation for a scheduled primary cesarean section due to fetal malpresentation and fetal growth restriction (FGR). Currently, in ICD-10-CM, ...
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A 55-year-old patient presents for a biannual physical exam and review of chronic medical conditions. Upon examination, the patient reports chronic pain of the left lower and upper extremities. Pro...
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