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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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A patient status post tracheostomy was admitted as an inpatient on mechanical ventilation. Five days later the tracheostomy was removed and the patient was successfully weaned off of the ventilator...
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Previously published Coding Clinic advice regarding the counting of mechanical ventilation hours for patients admitted for weaning assumed that the patient was already on mechanical ventil...
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A patient, who had suffered acute respiratory failure, is admitted to the long term care hospital (LTCH) for ventilator weaning. On day one, the weaning trial was stopped after 12 hours. On day two...
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A patient is admitted to a long-term care hospital from an acute care facility with persistent respiratory failure following traumatic quadriplegia after being involved in a motor vehicle accident....
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The patient is status post tracheostomy and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) is being delivered via the patient’s T-tube. The patient remained on BiPAP for 48 hours. What is the appropri...
BiPAP delive...
The BiPAP Ventilatory Support System is a continuous ventilator used for spontaneously breathing patients in critical care or life-supporting applications in the hospital setting. The system may be...
The BiPAP sy...
A patient diagnosed with a head and neck malignancy undergoes wide excision of tongue, bilateral modified neck dissection and tracheostomy. During surgery, he was placed on mechanical ventilation a...
Oxygen deliv...