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A female patient developed avascular necrosis and arthritis following left hip fracture, status post open reduction with internal fixation. The patient is currently undergoing left total hip replac...
The bone mar...
What is the ICD-10-PCS code assignment for bilateral browpexy that is performed for lateral eyebrow ptosis? The patient also had bilateral upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty during the surgery....
Since there ...
A patient diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphocytic leukemia was admitted for antineoplastic chemotherapy. A lumbar puncture was performed in the L4-5 interspace using a spi...
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The patient has a history of hepatocellular carcinoma and CT scan of the abdomen demonstrated increased intrahepatic bile duct dilation and obstruction of the left hepatic duct. During the procedur...
The body par...
A 63-year-old male, status post stent coiling of a basilar artery aneurysm is diagnosed with herniated/migrated coil in the basilar artery. The patient was taken to the neuroangiography suite where...
In this case...
A patient diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma underwent attempted robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy, converted to an open total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectemy....
When the sur...
How is a left knee arthroscopic meniscectomy with debridement and abrasion chondroplasty of lateral femoral and tibial components with synovectomy coded? Is this coded with the root operation “re...
This procedu...
A patient, who underwent left brachial reverse saphenous vein bypass, developed postoperative bleeding, and was returned to the operating room. At surgery, fresh blood and hematoma was evacuated fr...
No other roo...
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 ...
“Extirpati...