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A patient underwent a repeat low transverse cesarean section. During the cesarean delivery, vacuum extraction was used to assist with the delivery of the infant. What is the correct ICD-10-PCS qual...
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The patient was taken to the operating room post vaginal delivery for control of bleeding using a Bakri balloon. We are unsure if the Bakri balloon is coded to the Obstetrics section or the Medical...
The root ope...
How is an open posterior colporrhaphy/rectocele repair coded in PCS? Should one or two codes be assigned for this procedure?
...In the conte...
What is the appropriate ICD-10-PCS code, when a combination of drugs is administered during a single injection (e.g., corticosteroid and local anesthetic)?
...If two subst...
We are requesting that the Coding Clinic Editorial Advisory Board revisit advice published about non-Candida albicans sepsis. The Alphabetic Index under the term “Sepsis, candida,” dir...
Upon further...
A patient was admitted in acute respiratory failure, and was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation for 23 hours. Should the endotracheal (ET) intubation be separately coded along with the ...
Yes, in this...
In ICD-10-PCS is endotracheal (ET) intubation coded with mechanical ventilation when the patient receives ventilatory support for surgery?
...Under normal...
When does one start counting the duration of mechanical ventilation for a patient who is intubated and begun on mechanical ventilation in the emergency department and is later admitted to the same ...
Begin counti...
A patient status post tracheostomy was admitted as an inpatient on mechanical ventilation. Five days later the tracheostomy was removed and the patient was successfully weaned off of the ventilator...
All of the p...