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A patient fell and sustained a fracture of his left wrist but did not seek medical treatment for some
time. He now seeks treatment for the first time and he is diagnosed with malunion of closed ...
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We appreciate the guidance provided for codes from category G81, Hemiplegia and hemiparesis,
and subcategories, G83.1, Monoplegia of lower limb, G83.2, Monoplegia of upper limb, and G83.3,
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Yes, the sam...
Physicians often document twins as fetus A and fetus B. However, the fetal extensions in chapter 15, Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, for codes related to complications of multiple gestati...
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A 16-year-old female was seen in the emergency department after she sustained an open anterior
dislocation of the right elbow, which was not associated with any vascular or neural injury. She fe...
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The patient has a past history of methamphetamine abuse. What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM
diagnosis code assignment for history of methamphetamine abuse in prolonged remission?
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A patient is diagnosed with T10 chronic burst fracture with subsequent kyphotic collapse resulting
in myelopathy and severe myelopathy secondary to spinal cord injury. The procedure is listed as...
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In the question above, the autograft, allograft, and BMP seem to be used as an adjunct to the main fusion. Are codes assigned for the autograft, allograft, and BMP in ICD-10-PCS?
...The autograf...
A patient had a prior partial removal of her right ovary years ago and is now having the remaining portion of the ovary completely removed. Would this be coded as an excision or resection with ICD-...
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What is the correct code assignment for provider documentation noting kidney transplant failure with chronic kidney disease, stage IV?
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How do you code a left atrial appendage thrombus? Is code I24.0, Acute coronary thrombosis not resulting in myocardial infarction, the correct code?
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