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A patient is admitted to long-term acute care for chronic respiratory failure and ventilator dependency after an acute admission for treatment of an accidental drug overdose. What are the appropria...
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The patient, who is status post left femoral popliteal arterial bypass graft, presented with pain, inflammation, and edema of the left lower extremity. The provider’s final diagnostic statement l...
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A 55-year-old female presented to the emergency department with complaints of right groin pain, and was found to have a very large abscess of the right inguinal area. She was admitted to the hospit...
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The patient underwent nonexcisional debridement and lavage of a left groin wound. During the procedure cultures were taken from a purulent collection in the lower part of the wound. Pulsavac was us...
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A child presents with a penny lodged in the proximal esophagus, and underwent endoscopy with foreign body removal. During the inspection of the upper GI tract, no evidence of external migration or ...
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What is the correct ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for an encounter for a screening mammogram, when the patient is found to have dense breasts? The ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and...
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What is the correct diagnosis code assignment for comminuted fracture of the left distal tibia and fibula? Would the fracture site or the type of fracture take precedence?
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The patient is a 72-year-old male admitted to the hospital, because of gastrointestinal bleeding. The provider documented that the patient had a history of acute cerebral infarction with residual r...
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An 88-year-old male patient is admitted secondary to a cerebral infarction. In the final diagnostic statement, the provider documented “acute cerebral infarction involving the right hemisphere wi...
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A patient was admitted for partial vertebrectomy with anterior lumbar interbody fusion and placement of anterior prosthetic device. The Sentio MMG® surgical access tool was used during the procedu...
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