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A patient presents for outpatient surgery for excision of a lesion from the left temple. The provider documents that the lesion is an inflamed inverted follicular keratosis. What is the appropriate...
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A patient had an outpatient bone dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. The test result finding is documented as “low bone density consistent with osteopenia.” What is the diagnosis code...
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A patient with known coronary artery disease had a diagnostic heart catheterization and coronary angiogram due to persistent chest pain and rising troponins. During left heart catheterization, the ...
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A patient with a retrorectal mass presented for surgical excision. The provider documented that the mass was a tailgut cyst. Would code Q85.8, Other phakomatoses, not elsewhere classified, be appro...
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The patient is a 58-year-old with celiac artery stenosis (CAS) who underwent balloon angioplasty of the stenosis. ICD-10-CM classifies CAS to code I77.4, Celiac artery compression syndrome; however...
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An obstetric patient who delivered at Hospital A is transferred to Hospital B to accompany the infant’s transfer to the intensive care unit (NICU). At hospital B, the patient is provided maternal...
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A patient with a previous endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) presents for evaluation of her persisting enlarged aneurysmal sac. After examination, the provider documents a type Ia endoleak ...
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An 84-year-old female presents for repair of a type IIa endoleak. She is status post endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for a type IIa endoleak?
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A patient, who was diagnosed with an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, underwent endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). In the operative report, the surgeon noted, “Small type IIa endoleak; com...
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