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What code is assigned for a 37-week newborn when the provider’s final diagnostic statement listed “Likely group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection due to maternal active GBS infection?” The disc...
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What code should be assigned for an asymptomatic infant born to a group B Streptococcus (GBS) positive mother, when the provider has ruled out GBS infection in the newborn after the clinical evalua...
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A pregnant woman, who is 18 weeks gestation, presents for evaluation following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). The patient presents without any signs or symptoms but was advised to be checked for t...
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A 3-year-old child presents to the Emergency Department (ED) due to trauma. After work-up, an injury pattern including diffuse bruising, cephalohematoma and Glasgow coma score (GCS) 3T with no move...
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A 94-year-old patient presented after being down on the floor for 8 hours. The patient reported falling down steps after feeling weak. The provider’s final diagnostic statement listed “Rhabdomy...
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A 17-year-old male with a history of ulcerative colitis, status post colectomy with rectal mucosectomy and ileoanal J-pouch reconstruction, is diagnosed with ileoanal anastomotic stricture. Ano-pro...
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A patient, who is diagnosed with bilateral ureteral reflux, had surgical repair via Cohen transtrigonal bilateral ureteric reimplantation and ureteral neocystostomy. After opening the bladder, the ...
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A patient with previous transcatheter cardiac ablation is now admitted due to postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the right femoral artery. How should coding professionals distinguish between categorie...
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The 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 underwent total knee arthroplasty, and her postoperative course was uneventful. Six days later, she presented with hypoxia and shortness of breath, and the provider documented postoperati...
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