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A patient with a pathologic compression fracture at L5 presented for kyphoplasty via the Kiva® treatment system that utilizes an implant rather than a balloon technique. A needle was advanced via ...
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A patient with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock, pulmonary edema, right ventricular failure and mediastinal bleeding underwent surgical exploration and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). T...
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A patient underwent evacuation of intraparenchymal hemorrhage using NICO BrainPath® technology. A burr hole was created and a circular craniotomy was completed. The bone flap was elevated, a dural...
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A patient with fever and leukocytosis is admitted to the hospital for workup to rule out infection. No clear source of the symptoms was found, and the patient was diagnosed with SIRS as the dischar...
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A 27-year-old female presents to labor and delivery with complaints of leakage of fluid and contractions. The provider documents group B Streptococcus (GBS) carrier. The patient has a repeat low tr...
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A newborn was worked-up for group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection and treated with ampicillin and gentamicin. The mother was a GBS carrier with a positive GBS culture during the delivery without si...
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Is it appropriate to report CPT code 15002, Surgical preparation or creation of recipient site by excision of open wounds, burn eschar, or scar (including subcutaneous tissues), or incisional r...
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Is it appropriate to report CPT code 15002, Surgical preparation or creation of recipient site by excision of open wounds, burn eschar, or scar (including subcutaneous tissues), or incisional r...
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Patient had a previous excisional biopsy of the mid-upper back. This proved to be a poorly differentiated possibly metastatic desmoplastic spindle cell melanoma into the soft tissues of back. The p...
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A patient was seen at our facility with a diagnosis of Bartholin’s cyst. She was scheduled to undergo an aspiration of the cyst. It is a common procedure; however, there doesn’t appear to be a ...
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