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The patient is diagnosed with spinal stenosis and spondylosis at the same vertebral level. Would unique codes be assigned, since spondylosis and stenosis are both degenerative conditions? What are ...
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A patient with recurrent Clostridium difficile was admitted for a fecal transplant following failure of a prior transplant. What is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for a failed fecal transplant? Is it...
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What is the correct code to capture a history of fecal transplant?
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A patient presented for administration of her first wasp venom injection. Ten minutes after the injection, the patient started to experience chest tightness and wheezing. In the diagnostic statemen...
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A patient underwent hemithyroidectomy for a neoplasm of the thyroid gland. After noticing bleeding in the post-operative wound drain, the provider suspected a hematoma and a bleeding vessel. After ...
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A patient underwent cholecystectomy for chronic calculus cholecystitis. While taking down attachments between the gallbladder and the liver bed, the provider noted an arterial bleed. The right uppe...
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A patient with history of genital herpes was admitted for delivery at 39 weeks. There is no documentation of the patient being treated with antiviral medication and the patient is symptom free duri...
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What is the correct code assignment for a retracted jaw in a newborn?
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The patient was admitted and diagnosed with both acute upper and acute lower respiratory infection. The upper respiratory infection is assigned to code J06.9, Acute upper respiratory infection, uns...
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A patient was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder recurrent, mild. Category F31, Bipolar disease, has an “Excludes1” note for “major depressive disorder, recurrent (...
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