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Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2004, pages 14-15, indicated that "ICD-9-CM assumes a relationship between diabetes and osteomyelitis when both conditions are present, unless the physician ha...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for diabetic gastroparesis?
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A patient presents for pharmacomechanical thrombolysis of left, femoral, popliteal and iliac
deep venous thrombosis (DVT). This procedure is currently coded to 39.79 in ICD-9-CM. After referenci...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for a spinal decompression?
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A 59-year-old patient with advanced ovarian cancer presents for insertion of venous access port. An incision was made in the anterior chest wall and a subcutaneous pocket was created. The catheter ...
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A patient had a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement. The endoscope was used to guide the placement of the PEG tube, which was inserted percutaneously. What is the appropriate approa...
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The provider documents meconium stained fluid on the labor and delivery record without mention of fetal distress. Delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid is indexed to code O77.0, Labor ...
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The provider documents meconium amniotic fluid and fetal decelerations. What is the correct code assignment for meconium amniotic fluid and fetal decelerations in ICD-10-CM?
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"Hemorrhagic" is no longer a non-essential modifier for pneumonia in the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases. Is a code reported for hemoptysis when it occurs with pneumonia?
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A patient is admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with severe sepsis due to healthcare associated pneumonia. The physician documented that her healthcare associated pneumonia was due to her recen...
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