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This 39-year-old female was referred for a bilateral capsular contraction of her breast implants. The capsules were very hard and there was some tenderness to palpation. Because the capsules are no...
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When a patient is scheduled to undergo a left cardiac catheterization with a coronary angiogram, and the physician later decides to conduct the coronary angiogram only, can we show this by reportin...
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A patient was seen with a severe case of urinary incontinence. The patient recently underwent aggressive drug therapy without success. She is here now for a test stimulation to determine the effect...
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We are uncertain as to the correct revenue code that would be applied for the sacral nerve stimulator in certain circumstances. Would revenue code 0920 be utilized for this procedure regardless of ...
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An elderly female was admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. During the hospitalization, the patient required high flow nasal cannula and BIPAP; however, de...
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A 68-year-old male was admitted due to anemia. The patient also has a past medical history of HIV disease, currently on antiretrovirals (ARVs). The patient had a history of CD4 count less than 200 ...
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Should code Z51.5, Encounter for palliative care, be assigned for patients who do not have a terminal disease, but are receiving comfort care for a serious illness?
...Yes. Code Z5...
Please clarify correct code assignment for critical limb ischemia. There are no entries in the Index to Diseases for this condition and coding professionals may arrive at different codes. The Index...
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ICD-10-CM Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines for coding COVID-19 (April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 version) used to allow coding of confirmed cases on the basis of “presumptive test...
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A patient with prostate cancer presents for a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. Pneumoperitoneum was established and the abdomen was insufflated. The robotic trocars were then placed in ...
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