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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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The patient is admitted to home care for routine dressing changes and care for a healing postoperative wound infection that was previously treated during an acute care hospitalization. The patient ...
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The patient has a deep right lower quadrant stab wound of the abdomen (extends into peritoneal cavity) and was being treated with a wound VAC® system while in the acute hospital. He is discharged ...
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An elderly patient was referred for home health services following an inpatient hospitalization for cholecystectomy with biliary T-tube insertion. During the home care visit, the patient received p...
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In the Q&A published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2014, page 24, a Durepair® patch graft was sewn in to cover the wide opening at the site in which a lipoma was removed. Should the...
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We have received several questions regarding the interpretation of Excludes1 notes in ICD-10-CM when the conditions are unrelated to one another.
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A 60-year-old patient with a loop ileostomy is admitted for takedown of the ileostomy. At surgery, the two open ends of the intestine were excised, and the remaining ends of intestine were reanasto...
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The patient had creation of a Hartmann end colostomy due to perforated diverticulitis and fecal peritonitis. The patient now presents for laparoscopic Hartmann reversal. The splenic flexure was mob...
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The patient had previously undergone colectomy and ileostomy formation due to refractory acute diverticulitis. She now presents for reversal of the ileostomy. The surgeon excised part of the ileost...
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Coders at our facility are requesting clarification of advice published in the Third Quarter 2014 issue of Coding Clinic regarding ileostomy takedown. Coding Clinic instructed cod...
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