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A patient who is receiving ongoing chemotherapy for lung cancer presents for Neulasta injection to prevent infection. The patient receives the Neulasta via a subcutaneous injection. The advice prov...
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The patient is status post left mastectomy for breast cancer. An ipsilateral pedicle transverse abdominomyocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction was performed. The TRAM flap was elevated off ...
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A patient, who is status post bilateral mastectomy, is admitted for right pedicle latissimus myocutaneous flap and placement of bilateral tissue expanders. On the right side, latissimus was raised ...
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According to ICD-10-PCS definitions, in the context of percutaneous lumbar vertebroplasty, is the use of cement considered a device?
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What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for sepsis due to non-Candida Albicans?
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A patient was admitted to our facility with acute on chronic systolic heart failure and found to be in cardiogenic shock with acute renal failure and acidosis. The physician documented that the pat...
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The patient had multiple drug-eluting stents placed percutaneously in three distinct lesions occurring in three separate coronary arteries: the first diagonal (D1) branch of the left anterior desce...
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A patient had one long mid-to-distal lesion in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, which was treated percutaneously with two drug-eluting stents. What is the appropriate body part v...
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The patient had a lesion in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery that was treated percutaneously with one drug-eluting stent and a lesion in the distal LAD artery that was treated wit...
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This patient had a lesion within the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery that extended into a branch artery of the LAD at the bifurcation and two drug-eluting stents were placed percutan...
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