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A 69-year-old man with recurrent incisional hernia is admitted to undergo an incisional herniorrhaphy with mesh. An incision was made in the midline and carried through the skin and subcutaneous ti...
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A 65-year-old man was admitted and underwent emergent surgery secondary to incarcerated ventral hernia due to adhesions. The surgeon carried out laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with mesh. Accord...
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The patient had uterine adenocarcinoma and was admitted for surgery. The surgeon noted in the dictated report that numerous adhesions between the abdominal wall and uterus were carefully and thorou...
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A patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with lysis of adhesions and colostomy with removal of polyp of the ascending colon and repair of umbilical hernia. The lysis of adhesions was undertaken c...
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How would a diagnosis of “postoperative seroma” be coded in ICD-10-CM?
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Patient with Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy presents for evaluation of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and an intrathecal injection of Spinraza. Under direct fluoroscopic guidance a lumbar puncture was...
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Patient with severe scoliosis and spinal hardware presents for evaluation of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and an intrathecal injection of Spinraza. Samples of CSF were obtained. A microcatheter with...
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Patient with an encephalocele and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak which caused inflammation of the mastoid mucosa presents for transmastoid repair of the encephalocele with mastoid obliteration. A...
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The Central Office has received several requests for clarification regarding code assignment for multiple hernia repairs with respect to previously published advice. In Coding Clinic for HCPCS...
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Our facility is looking for clarification regarding the codes for rapid desensitization when performed with chemotherapy administration.
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