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A cocaine abuser is diagnosed as overdosing on crack cocaine and is admitted to the hospital. This is clearly a poisoning, but what is the appropriate “intent” for the poisoning code: accidenta...
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When coding comparative/contrasting secondary diagnoses in the hospital inpatient setting, which guideline applies?
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What ICD-10-CM code should be assigned for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), if the type of diabetes isn’t documented or specified by the physician? The ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines state that ...
The index ad...
We have had a discussion on how to assign the 7th character for fetus identification on a third trimester twin preterm delivery. Some coders feel code O60.14X0 should be assigned as the fetus was n...
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A patient presents to the infusion center for rituximab treatment due to anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein (anti-MAG) peripheral neuropathy. What is the appropriate diagnosis code assignment for ...
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The patient presents with significant carotid artery stenosis and history of cerebrovascular accident. An open right carotid endarterectomy with patch angioplasty is performed. There is disagreemen...
For the righ...
The patient was admitted for surgical treatment of a left infratemporal fossa malignancy with perineural invasion. It appears that the patient underwent en bloc resection of the tumor. The surgeon ...
The infratem...
A patient diagnosed with Stage IIIC ovarian cancer underwent placement of an intraperitoneal port-a-catheter during total abdominal hysterectomy. An incision on the costal margin in the midclavicul...
A peritoneal...
The patient has a malfunctioning right internal jugular tunneled catheter. At surgery, the old catheter was removed and a new one placed. Under ultrasound guidance, the jugular was cannulated; the ...
The internal...
The patient presents for surgery due to lumbar disc herniation, foraminal stenosis and degenerative scoliosis refractory to conservative treatment. She underwent lateral microdiscectomy, L2-L3 and ...
The lumbar d...