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In ICD-10-CM, can the 7th characters describing episode of care (initial and subsequent encounter) for Chapter 19 and 20 codes, be assigned for home health visits? If so, are there any circumstance...
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The patient was hospitalized for an infection of a right total joint prosthesis, and postdischarge is being followed up by home health care services for the continuation of IV antibiotics to treat ...
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A patient is status post repair of a left hip fracture with routine healing and no post-op complications. The patient is discharged from the acute care hospital and is admitted to home health for p...
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The patient is admitted to home care for routine dressing changes and care for a healing postoperative wound infection that was previously treated during an acute care hospitalization. The patient ...
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The patient has a deep right lower quadrant stab wound of the abdomen (extends into peritoneal cavity) and was being treated with a wound VAC® system while in the acute hospital. He is discharged ...
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An elderly patient was referred for home health services following an inpatient hospitalization for cholecystectomy with biliary T-tube insertion. During the home care visit, the patient received p...
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In the Q&A published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2014, page 24, a Durepair® patch graft was sewn in to cover the wide opening at the site in which a lipoma was removed. Should the...
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We have received several questions regarding the interpretation of Excludes1 notes in ICD-10-CM when the conditions are unrelated to one another.
...If the two c...
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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