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A critically-ill transfer patient with an arterial catheter in place was connected to a pressure transducer for continuous monitoring of blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressure...
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A child presents to the pediatrician’s office with wheezing and coughing. The child does not have any history of asthma, bronchitis or other respiratory problem. Both parents smoke electronic cig...
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A pregnant patient, 38-week gestation, was admitted in active labor. She had a manually assisted vaginal delivery of a normal infant. The patient suffered a second degree perineal laceration during...
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We were given advice to assign a code for “hepatic failure with hepatic coma” anytime “hepatic encephalopathy” is documented. Is this correct?
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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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Can a coder refer to a previous encounter to determine whether this is the initial or subsequent encounter for a particular injury, for the purpose of selecting the 7th character? How about for the...
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The patient is a 27-year-old female who was admitted to a long term care hospital following a two-month acute care hospital stay for abdominal wound dehiscence status post failed gastric bypass sur...
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