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A patient with a history of bilateral mastectomy followed by tissue expander presented with acute swelling of the left breast. She was diagnosed with acute postoperative hematoma which was determin...
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A 63-year-old patient presented to the office for her annual eye examination. She is asymptomatic but ophthalmoscopy showed newly found signs of early stage dry macular degeneration with drusen in ...
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A patient with previously diagnosed hearing loss is seen for her annual audiological evaluation. She has history of left tympanic membrane perforation due to middle ear infection that resulted in m...
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A patient presented due to abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea after eating. The patient was tested for celiac disease which was found to be negative. The physician diagnosed the patient with no...
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A 64-year-old female patient with history of bilateral hip replacement presented to the hospital after having tripped and fallen sustaining a traumatic periprosthetic fracture of the lower end of t...
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A patient, who is status post right total hip replacement, presents with a periprosthetic fracture. Patient states he stepped off of a curb, and immediately felt pain in the hip. After study, it wa...
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A patient with urinary tract stoma is admitted and diagnosed with an infection of the external incontinent stoma. How is this coded?
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A newborn was admitted following cesarean delivery and was diagnosed with hypermagnesemia. The mother, a 25-year-old, had been diagnosed with pregnancy related eclampsia and was being treated with ...
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We have previously been extensively trained that the diabetic cataract is rare, and may occur with rapid onset in Type I diabetics. Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM previously informed us that t...
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