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A patient was admitted for right shoulder arthroplasty. A reverse total shoulder arthroplasty was performed, the rotator cuff was repaired, and the biceps tendon was tenodesed and secured with sutu...
Reverse tota...
A patient, who is status post open fourth and fifth ray amputation left foot, was admitted for a left midfoot amputation at the level of the Lisfranc joint. At surgery, full-thickness necrosis and ...
In ICD-10-PC...
A patient, who is status post right pneumonectomy, was admitted with a bronchopleural fistula. During surgery, an omental flap was used to repair the fistula at the level of the main bronchus. The ...
The ICD-10-P...
The patient presents to the hospital for a planned carotid artery endarterectomy. Diagnostic imaging had previously demonstrated carotid stenosis and atherosclerotic disease. Upon surgical explorat...
The planned ...
A 61-year-old male patient with history of recurrent perirectal abscesses and fistulas, status post multiple incisions, drainages, and debridements, underwent surgical treatment of a complex recurr...
The fistula ...
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...
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