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A patient was admitted for thoracoscopic removal of an anterior mediastinal mass. The pathology report confirmed the final diagnosis as mediastinal thymolipoma. What is the appropriate code assignm...
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A patient was admitted for management of a pancreatic pleural fistula and left pleural effusion. The patient is status post tumor debulking surgery, including splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy ...
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An infant born at 39 weeks gestation was noted to have Mongolian spots on the skin of the buttocks and lumbar spine. Findings of Mongolian spots were also listed in the discharge summary. Should Mo...
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A patient developed a postoperative epidural hematoma following an L3-L4 and L4-L5 laminectomy, medial facetectomy, and foraminotomy. Code G97.62, Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ ...
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A 32-year-old patient with a history of gender dysphoria was admitted for radial forearm phalloplasty. Following the radial forearm flap phalloplasty, the flap was assessed intraoperatively with a ...
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A patient presents with spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula at the right T8-T9 level. The symptoms are positional headaches, weakness of the left arm and...
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The same patient with the spontaneous intracranial hypotension is admitted for a right T8-T9 laminectomy for repair of the CSF fistula. After the laminectomy was performed and the nerve roots were ...
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An 80-year-old patient presents for colostomy reversal. Upon workup, residual rectal cancer was found at the staple line of the Hartmann’s pouch. The patient underwent cystoscopy with stent place...
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A patient who is 22 weeks gestation was admitted for a planned induction of labor via buccal administration of an abortifacient for termination of pregnancy due to a lethal fetal anomaly, holoprose...
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For the patient in the above question, what is the correct procedure code for the buccal administration of an abortifacient to induce labor for the termination of the pregnancy?
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