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A central venous catheter is inserted for renal dialysis under fluoroscopic guidance without contrast with the tip ending in the superior vena cava. In ICD-10-PCS, table B21 does not provide a “N...
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A patient with end-stage-renal disease is admitted to undergo placement of a tunneled hemodialysis catheter. The catheter was placed in the right subclavian vein with the tip in the superior vena c...
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What is the correct ICD-10-PCS code assignment for exchange of a tunneled dialysis catheter? The existing tunneled catheter was removed via an open approach. A new dual lumen catheter was percutane...
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A patient had a peritoneal dialysis catheter placed several months ago in a subcutaneous pocket until he was ready for dialysis. During the current admission, the catheter was externalized. What IC...
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A patient with congenital pectus excavatum was admitted for repair. A Ravitch type procedure was performed. The cartilage was resected at the 4th through 6th intercostal arches bilaterally, the xyp...
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Please provide instruction on the appropriate 6th character for patients who have gestational diabetes that is controlled with oral medication. The choices for the 6th character are diet controlled...
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Since our facility has converted to an electronic health record, providers have the capability to list the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code instead of a descriptive diagnostic statement. We are seeking cla...
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In ICD-10-CM, can the 7th characters describing episode of care (initial and subsequent encounter) for Chapter 19 and 20 codes, be assigned for home health visits? If so, are there any circumstance...
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The patient was hospitalized for an infection of a right total joint prosthesis, and postdischarge is being followed up by home health care services for the continuation of IV antibiotics to treat ...
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A patient is status post repair of a left hip fracture with routine healing and no post-op complications. The patient is discharged from the acute care hospital and is admitted to home health for p...
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