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A 74-year-old patient was admitted with subacute cough, sputum production, and recent onset of fever not responsive to antibiotic therapy. The patient underwent bronchoscopy which demonstrated sign...
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During an annual wellness visit, a patient complained of urinary frequency and urgency at night. The provider diagnosed chronic renal impairment, stage 3a. Is it appropriate to assign a code for ch...
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A patient with a history of a loop gastric bypass presented to the emergency room with abdominal pain and was found to have a perforated viscus at the gastrojejunal anastomotic site, which required...
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A patient is seen in the rheumatology clinic for inflammatory arthritis. In ICD-10-CM there is no Index entry for inflammatory arthritis. Can code M06.4, Inflammatory polyarthropathy be assigned fo...
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A patient presents for a checkup and is evaluated for inflammatory arthritis of multiple joints. Can code M06.4, Inflammatory polyarthropathy be assigned for a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis w...
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A patient with a left anterior acetabular fracture was admitted for surgical correction of the left ilium. A broken drill tip within the left ilium was noted as a complication in the operative repo...
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A 65-year-old patient was admitted due to a 4 cm right renal mass. The provider diagnosed right renal cell carcinoma. The patient underwent a right robotic radical nephrectomy. The pathology findin...
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The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion...
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A patient was admitted due to lower left quadrant pain. An MRI was performed and the results were concerning for possible osteomyelitis with pubic symphysis joint infection and surrounding bone mar...
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