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A patient with a draining abdominal wall sinus and chronically infected mesh from a previous hernia repair, presents for resection of the sinus and laparoscopic removal of the mesh. Initial entry i...
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A patient with elevated liver enzymes and jaundice was admitted for an upper endoscopic ultrasound. An obstructive mucosal polyp involving the major papilla was identified. The decision was made to...
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A 5-year-old patient was seen for an annual physical exam with screening and also received the required vaccinations needed to start kindergarten in the fall. After the islet autoantibody screening...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department after the onset of a seizure with notable clinical symptoms of blood glucose levels less than 54 mg/dL. After a comprehensive workup, the provider dia...
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A 61-year-old patient with metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the liver presented to the emergency department and was admitted due to severe diarrhea. Based on transthoracic echocardiogram (T...
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A patient with Prader-Willi syndrome is seen for a follow-up visit. The provider documented class 2 obesity due to disruption of MC4R pathway, as an additional diagnosis for this patient. What are ...
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A 41-year-old patient was admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa, restrictive type, with a body mass index of 15.4. Would it be appropriate to assign code F50.012, Anorexia nervosa, restricting...
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A 25-year-old patient with anorexia nervosa, binge/purging type, was admitted and it was noted that the patient’s body mass index (BMI) fluctuated during the stay between 15.5, 16.2, and 14.89, r...
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A 20-year-old patient presented with complaints of consuming paper and cardboard. The onset of this behavior occurred approximately 2 months ago. Initially, the patient consumed pieces of cardboard...
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A patient presented to the emergency department due to a decreased level of consciousness and fever. The patient’s condition worsened with the development of acute encephalopathy, acute lactic ac...
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