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The patient has a history of hepatocellular carcinoma and CT scan of the abdomen demonstrated increased intrahepatic bile duct dilation and obstruction of the left hepatic duct. During the procedur...
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A 63-year-old male, status post stent coiling of a basilar artery aneurysm is diagnosed with herniated/migrated coil in the basilar artery. The patient was taken to the neuroangiography suite where...
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A patient diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma underwent attempted robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy, converted to an open total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectemy....
When the sur...
How is a left knee arthroscopic meniscectomy with debridement and abrasion chondroplasty of lateral femoral and tibial components with synovectomy coded? Is this coded with the root operation “re...
This procedu...
A patient, who underwent left brachial reverse saphenous vein bypass, developed postoperative bleeding, and was returned to the operating room. At surgery, fresh blood and hematoma was evacuated fr...
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Is there a guideline as to how to code unsuccessful procedures in ICD-10-PCS? For example, the patient had an attempted foreign body removal from the right cornea with an eye spud that was unsucces...
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The patient presents with a clotted left femoral popliteal bypass graft of the left leg, and percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy is performed to reestablish flow. How should a thrombectomy of the ...
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The patient is a 74-year-old female with severe peripheral arterial occlusive disease who presented with rest pain in her right lower leg and foot. She is status post femoropopliteal bypass. The pr...
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A 46-year-old patient presented for radiation due to stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) of the left breast. The patient has progressive unilateral left breast erythema with increasing swellin...
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A patient with type 2 diabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD), stage 2, has a history of bariatric surgery due to morbid obesity. The patient has lost a significant amount of weight and no longer req...
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