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The patient, who has a history of heart failure, hypertension, and coronary artery disease, presents with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. As a secondary diagnosis, the provider recorded HFmrEF,...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation of a sore throat, which the provider diagnosed as Strep throat. The provider also documented attention deficit hyperactivity disor...
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A patient presented for total right hip arthroplasty using dual mobility components. The replacement was performed by placing a multi-hole acetabular shell and neutral dual mobility liner. A ...
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A patient diagnosed with walled off pancreatic necrosis and pancreatic pseudocyst adjacent to the stomach body, underwent endoscopic cystogastrostomy using the AXIOS™ Stent system. The endoscope ...
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Since an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a direct surgical anastomosis of the patient’s native vessels without the use of a device, implant, or graft, would codes from category T82, Complications ...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for a pseudoaneurysm of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF)?
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What is the correct code assignment for a pseudoaneurysm of an arteriovenous graft (AVG)?
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A 51-year-old male with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) presents for repair of an aneurysm of his right brachiocephalic arteriovenous (AV) fistula. A 4 cm incision was made through the subcutaneous ...
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A patient presents for treatment of an ulcerated bleeding brachiocephalic arteriovenous (AV) fistula. At surgery, stenosis of previously placed innominate vein stent and cephalic arch stenosis were...
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This same patient was found to have an ulcerated area of the arteriovenous (AV) fistula at the cannulation site, extending through the skin to the vessel wall into the cephalic vein portion of the ...
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