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A 69-year-old man with recurrent incisional hernia is admitted to undergo an incisional herniorrhaphy with mesh. An incision was made in the midline and carried through the skin and subcutaneous ti...
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A 65-year-old man was admitted and underwent emergent surgery secondary to incarcerated ventral hernia due to adhesions. The surgeon carried out laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with mesh. Accord...
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The patient had uterine adenocarcinoma and was admitted for surgery. The surgeon noted in the dictated report that numerous adhesions between the abdominal wall and uterus were carefully and thorou...
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A patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with lysis of adhesions and colostomy with removal of polyp of the ascending colon and repair of umbilical hernia. The lysis of adhesions was undertaken c...
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How would a diagnosis of “postoperative seroma” be coded in ICD-10-CM?
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A 12-year-old patient presents to the emergency department (ED) after a car accident. She was a passenger in a car that was hit from the side by a sport utility vehicle (SUV), and the patient susta...
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The above patient returns three days later for a wound check with the pediatrician. The pediatrician only inspected the wounds. The wounds were found to be healing nicely, and no other intervention...
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The same patient now presents to the pediatrician’s office for suture removal. The pediatrician checks the wounds and removes sutures from both the scalp and cheek. Should code Z48.02, Encounter ...
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A three-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with a painful right forearm and limited use of his arm. The injury occurred when the patient and his older brother were roughhousing...
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The above patient presents to the pediatrician’s office for a follow-up visit. During the visit, the pediatrician examines the right elbow and determines that the anatomical position is normal. S...
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