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When coding encounters for treatment of conditions due to war, such as combat fatigue or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), can we also assign a code from category Y36, Operations of war, to sh...
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Previous Coding Clinic advice has supported the assignment of a more specific fracture code in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM based on findings in imaging reports when a physician has documented a...
It is approp...
When coding the placement of an infusion device such as a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line), the code assignment for the body part is based on the site in which the device ended up...
When the pro...
A patient who had prophylactic bilateral mastectomies with reconstruction several years ago presented with secondary reconstructive deformities including position and contour asymmetries.
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A patient with a history of right breast cancer underwent a right mastectomy and reconstruction with a transabdominal myocutaneous (TRAM) flap.
Following reconstruction, the patient exp...
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A patient with breast cancer underwent bilateral immediate first-stage breast reconstruction and now presents for removal of the tissue expanders and insertion of implants with capsulotomy/capsulec...
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A patient presented for a patella tendon and medial and lateral patellar retinaculum repairs due to a patellar tendon rupture. An incision was made and a complete patellar tendon rupture as well as...
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Our facility utilizes the BioFire® respiratory panel 2.1, a proprietary laboratory test (PLA) represented by code 0202U that tests 22 targets including SARS-CoV-2. It is our only in-house option f...
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A right elbow lateral collateral ligament rupture, ripped from the origin with gross instability of the lateral soft tissue, was repaired with local tissue and application of an InternalBrace™. A...
Since there ...
A patient with failure of a previous rotator cuff repair presented with right infected proximal humerus osteomyelitis, retained foreign body, draining sinus and biceps tendinitis. Following irrigat...
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