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The patient has a long history of morbid obesity and presents for surgical treatment. She underwent laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) with duodenal switch and laparoscopic vertical sleev...
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The patient presents for surgical correction of congenital dysplasia of the left hip. The surgeon performs a left periacetabular osteotomy. During surgery, incisions are carried out to loosen the a...
“Periaceta...
The patient, who developed acute hypoxic respiratory failure and septic shock, underwent placement of an arterial line. The operative notes states that the upper artery was accessed using ultrasoun...
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A critically-ill transfer patient with an arterial catheter in place was connected to a pressure transducer for continuous monitoring of blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressure...
In the inpat...
A child presents to the pediatrician’s office with wheezing and coughing. The child does not have any history of asthma, bronchitis or other respiratory problem. Both parents smoke electronic cig...
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A pregnant patient, 38-week gestation, was admitted in active labor. She had a manually assisted vaginal delivery of a normal infant. The patient suffered a second degree perineal laceration during...
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We were given advice to assign a code for “hepatic failure with hepatic coma” anytime “hepatic encephalopathy” is documented. Is this correct?
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A patient was admitted in acute respiratory failure, and was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation for 23 hours. Should the endotracheal (ET) intubation be separately coded along with the ...
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In ICD-10-PCS is endotracheal (ET) intubation coded with mechanical ventilation when the patient receives ventilatory support for surgery?
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When does one start counting the duration of mechanical ventilation for a patient who is intubated and begun on mechanical ventilation in the emergency department and is later admitted to the same ...
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