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How is bowel obstruction due to peritoneal carcinomatosis coded?
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In the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases, history of drug dependence has a note to “see Dependence, drug, by type, in remission.” However, history of tobacco/nicotine dependence is indexed to code Z8...
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The Index entries for history of drug and nicotine dependence appear to be inconsistent. Should history of nicotine dependence be coded as a personal history of nicotine dependence or as nicotine d...
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A patient, who is a heavy smoker, sought physician intervention in order to stop smoking and manage his nicotine cravings. The physician recommended a low nicotine concentration electronic cigarett...
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The same patient as above has begun using e-cigarettes and has not yet stopped smoking regular cigarettes. What codes should be assigned?
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The same patient as above is currently using e-cigarettes and has stopped smoking regular cigarettes. What codes should be assigned?
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A patient is admitted with gross hematuria. The discharge summary states: “Gross hematuria secondary to probable thin membrane disease: acute, persisting.” What is the correct ICD-10-CM diagnos...
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Occasionally newborns are admitted to our facility from birth, and stay well beyond the 29th day of life due to perinatal or congenital conditions. For reporting the attending physician services, i...
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During the birth admission, we understand that the attending pediatrician will be reporting a code from subcategory Z38.0-, Single liveborn infant, born in hospital. We are seeking clarification ab...
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After delivery, a newborn went into respiratory arrest. The baby was resuscitated, and transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the same hospital. The neonatologist was responsible...
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