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A fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed due to abnormal radiologic findings of lung field. Brushings were obtained from the left upper lobe bronchus. Bronchial washings, bronchoalveolar lavage and ...
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A patient with multi-vessel coronary artery disease was placed on cardiopulmonary bypass and underwent quadruple aortocoronary artery bypass, using the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the le...
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A patient with acute alcoholic hepatitis and alcohol induced liver decompensation was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The patient was treated with extracorporeal liver assist device (ELA...
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A patient with end stage renal disease is admitted, and during the hospitalization he received hemodialysis on three separate days. In ICD-10-PCS, should the single or multiple duration value be as...
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A 39-year-old patient with invasive ductal cancer of the right breast, status post neoadjuvant chemotherapy, underwent modified radical mastectomy of the right breast. During the axillary dissectio...
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This patient was admitted and an arthroscopic right shoulder thermal capsulorrhaphy performed. What is the root operation for this procedure, repositioning, repair, or other?
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The patient presents for a left open iliofemoral endarterectomy with bovine patch repair. The plaque extended from the femoral bifurcation up to the mid external iliac artery. Since the plaque exte...
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This patient was admitted from acute care to the long-term care hospital (LTCH) with ongoing treatment of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis, chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
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A patient comes into a physician practice for a cataract evaluation. The physician determines that the patient has bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts and schedules the patient for surgery at a...
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When a patient is seen for a subsequent encounter for an open fracture, and there is no known information regarding the original Gustilo-Anderson classification, what is the appropriate 7th charact...
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