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This patient was seen in our facility for a coronary atherectomy, a percutaneous transcatheter coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and insertion of a coronary stent into the right coronary artery. Are all ...
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This patient was seen in our facility with a history of tearing from the left eye due to nasal lacrimal duct obstruction. The patient was scheduled to undergo a balloon catheter nasal lacrimal duct...
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This patient, with a history of chronic sesamoiditis of the right metatarsophalangeal joint and hammertoe, right third and fourth toes, was seen at our facility for hammertoe correction and sesamoi...
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This patient was seen at our facility for the removal of a Groshong catheter. Would code 36535 be assigned based on the type of device removed even though the description of the procedure does not ...
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A patient is diagnosed with bilateral lower sacroiliac degenerative joint disease (DJD). When referencing the Index to Diseases under Degenerative, joint disease, ICD-10-CM directs the coding profe...
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What is the appropriate diagnosis code for long-term (current) use of a topical intranasal steroid, such as Flonase®? Even though it is administered intranasal, would Flonase® be considered an in...
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A patient with a history of acute myeloblastic leukemia presented with an intracranial recurrence. An Ommaya reservoir with ventricular catheter was placed for the intrathecal delivery of medicatio...
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A patient who is diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy status post spinal fusion, presented for insertion of an intraspinal Ommaya reservoir via laminectomy for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infusion ...
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A patient with a complicated past medical history is admitted for severe sepsis due to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The VAP is due to Escherichia coli and methicillin susceptible Staphylo...
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The patient, who is a type 2 diabetic, presents with Fournier’s gangrene. The Alphabetic Index under the main term “diabetes” provides a subentry “with gangrene.” Does this subentry inclu...
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