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The patient was admitted with gastrointestinal bleeding. The provider performed microbead embolization to the inferior mesenteric artery, to totally occlude the artery. What is the appropriate ICD-...
Microcoils a...
The patient suffered lower gastrointestinal bleeding and was treated with endovascular embolization using microcoils to stop the blood flow. The bleeding site was found in the proximal left descend...
Microcoils a...
Working at a psychiatric hospital, we often come across the diagnosis of “complicated bereavement.” What is the correct code for “complicated bereavement” when there is no mention of adjust...
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If a physician documents heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), heart failure with preserved systolic function, and/or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), heart f...
No, the code...
A 3-week-old male, who was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary stenosis, presents for right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure to augment pulmonary blood flow. A...
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A 55-year-old female was admitted with enlarging right temporal horn and right cavity near the lateral ventricle. She had been previously diagnosed with pilocytic astrocytoma and has a long neurosu...
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A 68-year-old male presents to our facility with symptoms of malaise, fatigue and fever. The patient was diagnosed with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). However, he did not have seps...
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When coding encounters for treatment of conditions due to war, such as combat fatigue or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), can we also assign a code from category Y36, Operations of war, to sh...
Yes, it is a...
Previous Coding Clinic advice has supported the assignment of a more specific fracture code in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM based on findings in imaging reports when a physician has documented a...
It is approp...
When coding the placement of an infusion device such as a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line), the code assignment for the body part is based on the site in which the device ended up...
When the pro...