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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 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?
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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...
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Previously published Coding Clinic advice regarding the counting of mechanical ventilation hours for patients admitted for weaning assumed that the patient was already on mechanical ventil...
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A patient, who had suffered acute respiratory failure, is admitted to the long term care hospital (LTCH) for ventilator weaning. On day one, the weaning trial was stopped after 12 hours. On day two...
Assign ICD-1...
A patient is admitted to a long-term care hospital from an acute care facility with persistent respiratory failure following traumatic quadriplegia after being involved in a motor vehicle accident....
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