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A patient is admitted to undergo a right frontal craniotomy for resection of brain tumor. The previous incision was reopened and then the dura was opened circumferentially overlying the recurrent t...
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A patient presents for treatment of a traumatic injury of the facial nerve with facial paralysis. At surgery, it was noted that a small branch of the right buccal nerve had been transected (cut). T...
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A patient with retinal detachment of the left eye underwent surgical repair. Provider documentation states that a core vitrectomy was done, followed by 360 degrees peripheral vitreous base dissecti...
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A patient presents for treatment of diabetic vitreous hemorrhage, tractional retinal detachment, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy of the right eye. The provider documented that a posterior pa...
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A patient diagnosed with ruptured left-sided transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula or malformation (AVM) underwent endovascular Onyx-18 liquid embolization. The provider documented s...
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A patient with right femoral occlusion and ischemic rest pain underwent bovine patch arterioplasty. In ICD-10-PCS, the root operation “Supplement” right femoral artery directs the coder to 04UK...
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A patient was taken to the operating room for laparoscopic revision of her gastric band. Following the revision, the area of the tubing as well as the left upper quadrant was instilled with a solut...
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The patient presented with a ventral hernia and underwent abdominoplasty and abdominal wall plication. At surgery, the horizontal component was cut through deep dermal layers and subcutaneous fat f...
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A patient was admitted for repair of a recurrent incisional hernia with incarceration and small bowel obstruction. At surgery, after the hernia was excised, the fascia was assessed. On both sides o...
The abdomina...
A 59-year-old female, status post laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is diagnosed with gastrojejunostomy stricture. The patient presents for esophagogastroduodenoscopy and dilation. The gastroje...
Since the di...