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How is a persistent postoperative fistula coded? When referencing the Alphabetic Index, the coder is instructed as follows:
Fistula
postoperative, persistent T8...
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The patient has a history of bowel perforation and obstruction, and is status post complex abdominal surgery due to intestinal anastomotic leak. She was transferred to the long-term care hospital (...
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A patient, who had recently undergone right mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction using a tissue expander and AlloDerm, is readmitted for treatment of skin necrosis at the mastectomy site...
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A single liveborn newborn is kept in the hospital an additional two days for evaluation of possible infantile genetic agranulocytosis, which was subsequently ruled out. How should this be coded?&nb...
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A 10-day-old male infant was admitted to the hospital for difficulty breathing and poor feeding. He was diagnosed with coarctation of the transverse aorta and underwent surgery. What is the princip...
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A ten-month-old was admitted to the hospital due to dyspnea. CT scan of the head, neck and chest showed hairpin turns and twists in the aortic arch, carotid and pulmonary arteries. Cardiac catheter...
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A 70-year-old male patient was admitted with acute stroke. The physician documented an NIHSS score of 30. How should this be coded?
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A 48-year-old female patient was seen by her primary care physician for her annual exam, which included laboratory work. There were no abnormal findings during the visit; however, three days later,...
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A 68-year-old male was seen by his primary care physician with complaints of needing to stand in creative positions in order to successfully urinate, then immediately feeling the need to urinate ag...
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A 57-year-old male patient complained of leaking out after he urinates. The provider diagnosed the patient with post-void dribbling/post-micturition dribbling. What is the correct code assignment f...
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