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A patient with Prader-Willi syndrome is seen for a follow-up visit. The provider documented class 2 obesity due to disruption of MC4R pathway, as an additional diagnosis for this patient. What are ...
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A 41-year-old patient was admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa, restrictive type, with a body mass index of 15.4. Would it be appropriate to assign code F50.012, Anorexia nervosa, restricting...
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A 25-year-old patient with anorexia nervosa, binge/purging type, was admitted and it was noted that the patient’s body mass index (BMI) fluctuated during the stay between 15.5, 16.2, and 14.89, r...
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A 20-year-old patient presented with complaints of consuming paper and cardboard. The onset of this behavior occurred approximately 2 months ago. Initially, the patient consumed pieces of cardboard...
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A patient presented to the emergency department due to a decreased level of consciousness and fever. The patient’s condition worsened with the development of acute encephalopathy, acute lactic ac...
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A patient presented after a fall and was found to have a thoracic vertebral fracture at T11. The patient underwent a vertebroplasty that was complicated by acute postprocedural respiratory failure....
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A patient developed a postsurgical fat embolism in the pulmonary artery. What is the appropriate code assignment for postoperative fat embolism in the pulmonary artery?
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A patient is admitted for aortic valve replacement secondary to BAV and severe calcified aortic stenosis. What is the proper code assignment for BAV and aortic valve stenosis?
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A six-month-old infant with sickle-cell anemia presented with fever and puffy tender feet and hands. The provider diagnosed SCD with dactylitis. How is this diagnosis coded?
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A patient with muscle spasms and cramping in the hands and feet was diagnosed with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia. How is this diagnosis coded?
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