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Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Second Quarter 2013, page 39, advised to assign codes: 0RS1XZZ,
Reposition cervical vertebral joint, external approach, and 2W60X0Z, Traction of head us...
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Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2013, advised the assignment of codes that describe the destruction
of the right and left pulmonary veins (025T3ZZ and 025S3ZZ), for catheter ablation arou...
Upon further...
What is the correct ICD-10-PCS code for the placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line)?
...The correct ...
There is some confusion among coders regarding what is coded when coding a heart transplant. The patient was admitted and underwent an orthostatic cardiac allograft transplantation utilizing total ...
For the hear...
Is it appropriate to assign a code for hyperglycemia together with another diabetes code? For example, if hyperglycemia is documented along with type 2 diabetic retinopathy, should multiple diabete...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM states that ketoacidosis is inherently uncontrolled diabetes. Therefore, how would you report uncontrolled type I diabetes with ketoacidosis in ICD-10-CM? Should the code...
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Which body system in ICD-10-PCS is a glenoid labrum repair or suturing assigned? Should this be
assigned to the Bursae, Tendons and Ligaments body system, or Upper Joints body system? Should the...
The glenoid ...
How is degenerative disc disease coded in ICD-10-CM when the site is unspecified? The Alphabetic
Index under the main term "Degeneration," subterm "disc disease," refers the user to "See Degener...
Currently, I...
A patient underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the procedure, the gallbladder was dissected out of the liver bed with electrocautery and removed. FloSeal was used on a small bleeder fro...
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A patient underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After removal of the gallbladder, a small amount of bleeding in the liver bed had to be controlled. We believed that this was integral to the cho...
Control of t...