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A 15-year-old male was brought to the ED by ambulance after passing out. His cousin told the nurse that they played the pass out game by choking each other because they wanted to get high. The prov...
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The patient was admitted for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for treatment of severe coronary artery disease. The procedure consisted of aortocoronary bypass graft to the posterior descending b...
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The patient underwent placement of two overlapping drug-eluting stents to treat a long lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery with another drug-eluting stent placed in the left circ...
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The patient presented with stenosis of her coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The provider documented that a portion of the saphenous vein graft was stenotic due to further progression of atheros...
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The patient had a lesion within the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery that extended into the diagonal 1 branch artery at the bifurcation. Two drug-eluting stents were placed percutaneo...
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The patient had a lesion within the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery that extended into the diagonal 1 branch artery at the bifurcation. A drug-eluting stent was placed percutaneously...
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A patient with severe claudication underwent angiography which revealed 90% heavily calcified stenosis involving the distal right common femoral artery extending into the origin of the right superf...
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Does the medical documentation have to state “old CVA” in order to use the sequelae (I69) codes for the LTC admission?
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A patient is admitted to the LTC facility following treatment of an acute CVA. The patient made
a complete recovery from the CVA. She was diagnosed with progressive senile dementia, coronary art...
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The patient is transferred to LTC for physical therapy following a hospitalization for treatment of
an acute pelvic and clavicular fracture. How should the LTC stay be coded?
When a patie...