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The patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) and is admitted as an inpatient for treatment of epistaxis associated with anticoagulant use. While in the ED, the provider packed the nose wit...
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A suture is used to stop acute bleeding from the external right naris. What is the correct root operation for the procedure?
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What is the correct ICD-10-PCS root operation for revision of right total ankle replacement? Is the correct root operation “Revision” or “Removal” and “Replacement” when a portion of th...
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A 45-year-old patient, who was diagnosed with scleroderma, severe gastroparesis, weight loss, severe malnutrition, and severe malabsorption, was admitted for total parenteral nutrition and placemen...
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A 10-year-old girl was admitted for intravenous immunoglobulin infusion. The patient has pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disease associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS), attention de...
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What are the correct ICD-10-CM codes and POA indicator for an unstageable pressure ulcer in which an eschar is removed during the patient’s stay to reveal either stage III or stage IV pressure ul...
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Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2016, page 149, states “A facility may require that a physician use a particular clinical definition or set of criteria when establishing a diagnosis”. Wo...
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