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A patient with a clogged gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube is admitted to undergo gastrojejunostomy tube change. What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for the GJ tube change?
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The patient is a 72-year-old woman diagnosed with lumbar stenosis and spondylolisthesis with scoliosis. She underwent decompressive laminectomy at L2, L3, and L4. This was followed by lumbar spinal...
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A woman is diagnosed with a pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast (PASH). How is this condition coded in ICD-10-CM?
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A patient underwent a colonoscopy because of a positive Cologuard® test. The colonoscopy demonstrated no abnormal findings. What is the appropriate diagnosis code for this encounter?
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A patient is referred for a colonoscopy due to the positive results of a Cologuard® test. During colonoscopy, a cecal polyp was found and removed. The preoperative diagnosis is screening colonosco...
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If a physician sees a patient (in any setting) and evaluates the patient’s sick sinus syndrome (SSS) or other significant heart rhythm abnormality, is it appropriate to assign a code for the spec...
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A 72-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema presents due to COPD exacerbation. The Alphabetic Index leads coding professionals to code J44.1, Chr...
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A patient with emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted for treatment of acute bronchitis and COPD. There is no mention of chronic bronchitis. ICD-10-CM’s Index refe...
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A patient with emphysema presents due to asthma and COPD. When you reference asthma with COPD, the Index refers coding professionals to code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecifie...
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