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A patient was returned to the operating room after passing blood clots following transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. Upon insertion of a cystoscope, the surgeon noted clots within the bladd...
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The patient was admitted with a subdural hematoma (SDH) and underwent craniotomy for evacuation of the large hematoma. During surgery, a bleeding cortical artery causing the SDH was found, and this...
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A patient with prostate cancer presented for a robotic radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. After removal of the prostate, it was noted that it appeared a bit raw near the right ...
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The patient, who is status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), presents with painful protruding sternal wires. At surgery, the previous incision was opened and sternal wires were removed. How...
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A 66-year-old woman presented with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and coronary artery disease. Her CHF worsened, leading to cardiogenic shock with cardiac arrest. She was taken to the cardia...
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The patient was placed on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) earlier during the day. Bleeding was noted from the right femoral artery cannula site and the patient was emergentl...
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A 56-year-old patient who had venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) previously placed, presented because of issues with the ECMO support. Upon examination, a clot and fibrin strands...
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A patient with an aortic arch aneurysm and known history of coronary artery disease presents for repair of the aneurysm. During the operative episode, the patient experienced several episodes of hy...
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An infant was transferred to our hospital while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Should our facility assign a code for the ECMO since it was continued at our facility?
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During pacemaker insertion, the provider’s documentation indicates both an atrial lead and a bundle of HIS lead were placed. What is the correct code assignment for a pacemaker lead inserted into...
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