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A patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma underwent resection of the parotid tail with sacrifice of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve, resection of the parapharyngeal space, and bila...
If a chain o...
A patient diagnosed with right lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy, video-assisted thoracoscopic right lobectomy and removal of lymph no...
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A patient presented with bile duct stones. The provider attempted to flush the stones from the duct by giving the patient Glucagon. Is the administration of Glucagon coded?
...No, the admi...
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...
Although an ...
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...
A procedure ...
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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A 19-year-old patient, status post ileal conduit urinary diversion surgery, developed tortuosity and kinking of the left ureter due to recurrent urinary tract infection. At surgery, the left ureter...
This patient...
A patient had insertion of a Swan Ganz catheter for monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure. Are two codes assigned to describe both the catheter insertion and pressure monitoring? Additionally, is...
When a Swan ...