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The provider’s documentation states acute on chronic complex left medial meniscus tear/injury. Because of the Excludes1 notes at both code categories S83-, Dislocation and sprain of joints and li...
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How are old/chronic/degenerative tears of the ligament, muscle, or tendon coded? The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases instructs to “see Sprain” when referencing tears of the ligament, and to “see ...
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What is the appropriate code for a degenerative/non-traumatic biceps tendon tear?
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An 83-year-old female, status post partial hip replacement, presents after falling from her wheelchair. The patient was found to have a left posterior superior dislocation of her hemiarthroplasty. ...
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A patient with history of metastatic breast cancer is diagnosed with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure, due to Paclitaxel/chemotherapy induced pneumonitis. Coding professionals are unclear whethe...
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A newborn delivered at 32 weeks gestation was admitted for prematurity, respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory failure requiring CPAP. The Excludes1 note at category P22, Respiratory distres...
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A 29-year-old female patient with right-sided pain and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level of 94 presents to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. A transabdominal/ transvaginal ultrasound is perform...
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A patient is diagnosed with multiple myeloma/plasma cell leukemia. How is multiple myeloma/plasma cell leukemia coded in ICD-10-CM?
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A patient with cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts of both eyes is seen for right phacoemulsification clear corneal intraocular lens implant. The patient also has type 2 diabetes...
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A type 2 diabetic patient with nuclear sclerotic cataract and primary open-angle glaucoma of the right eye undergoes phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implant and stent. Should the cataract...
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