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A patient with a history of prior cesarean section was admitted for a trial of labor at 38-weeks of gestation. Due to failure to progress and fetal intolerance of labor, the patient had a repeat ce...
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A patient underwent a repeat low transverse cesarean section. During surgery, a large right Bartholin’s abscess was drained and marsupialized. It appears that an additional code should be reporte...
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A critically ill premature newborn was delivered at 23 weeks of gestation and diagnosed with jaundice. Phototherapy was provided and bilirubin levels were monitored. Is it appropriate to assign cod...
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A five-year-old patient with sickle cell disease was admitted due to acute onset abdominal pain. The patient was diagnosed with splenic sequestration crisis and functional asplenia due to sickle ce...
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A 30-year-old patient, who is status post left anterior cruciate ligament repair with graft and meniscus root repair, presented for a follow up examination. An MRI was performed and bulky arthrofib...
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A patient presented to the hospital for surgical resection of an epidural lipomatosis at level L2-L3. What is the appropriate code assignment for an epidural lipomatosis at the L2-L3 region?
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A patient presents with acute kidney injury (AKI) likely secondary to hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) secondary to metastatic breast cancer to the liver. Would AKI and HRS be reported separately or is A...
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A patient is admitted for removal of recurrent parathyroid carcinoma from the left tracheoesophageal groove. The documentation indicates the laryngeal nerve was encased in the parathyroid mass. The...
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A patient was admitted with increased pain and bloody purulent drainage from the right leg following a previous gunshot wound (GSW) to the right popliteal fossa from an assault. The provider docume...
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A 16-year-old patient presents with an acute COVID-19 infection. The provider's final diagnostic statement lists, "Viral myocarditis due to acute COVID-19 infection." The patient has no significant...
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