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A patient presents with bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips. The index entry directs to code M16.0, which is primary osteoarthritis. Should a code for bilateral primary osteoarthritis be assigned?...
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A patient is admitted for a total knee replacement due to osteoarthritis of the left knee. It appears that the index entries for osteoarthritis of most sites leads to the primary osteoarthritis (OA...
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When coding “arthritis of the knee,” it appears that the index leads to code M19.90, Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site. However, the provider documented “arthritis is of the knee....
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We cannot find index entries for arthritis of a site unless the type of arthritis is documented. How should we report arthritis when the type is not further specified? Is it appropriate to referenc...
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Please explain the intent of the new ICD-10-CM guideline regarding code assignment and clinical criteria that reads as follows: “The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider’s di...
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If an elderly multigravida or primigravida mother has a normal delivery, would a code for “normal delivery” be the principal diagnosis with the elderly supervision code as the secondary diagnos...
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A single liveborn newborn is kept in the hospital an additional two days for evaluation of possible infantile genetic agranulocytosis, which was subsequently ruled out. How should this be coded?&nb...
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A 10-day-old male infant was admitted to the hospital for difficulty breathing and poor feeding. He was diagnosed with coarctation of the transverse aorta and underwent surgery. What is the princip...
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A 16-year-old female presents with acute abdominal pain and irregular menses for six months. Ultrasound imaging showed a hematometra and enlarged uterus. The patient underwent diagnostic laparoscop...
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A ten-month-old was admitted to the hospital due to dyspnea. CT scan of the head, neck and chest showed hairpin turns and twists in the aortic arch, carotid and pulmonary arteries. Cardiac catheter...
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