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A patient presents with a painful knee, status post right total knee replacement. In the operative suite, arthroscopic manipulation of the right knee was performed under anesthesia to break up the ...
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A patient with multiple spinal conditions, including previous fusion, severe kyphoscoliosis, and severe spinal and foraminal stenosis, presents for corrective surgery. Prior fusion instrumentation ...
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When the provider documents “sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia,” is a code for the sepsis, or the aspiration pneumonia assigned as the principal diagnosis?
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A patient was discharged with the following diagnoses: 1. sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia, 2. aspiration pneumonia secondary to probable gram-negative bacteria. Both diagnoses were present...
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An 84-year-old male with chronic gait instability is admitted after a fall. The provider’s documentation states that the patient’s gait instability is related to chronic cerebrovascular acciden...
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A patient with twin pregnancy presented with Twin A in a frank breech position too low in the vagina for a cesarean section. The decision was made for a vaginal breech delivery. The head of Twin A ...
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A patient, who had suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) without loss of consciousness secondary to a high-speed motor vehicle accident, developed brain herniation. There is an Excludes1 note tha...
If the physi...