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What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM code assignment for metabolic bone disease (MBD) when the condition meets requirements for coding as an additional/secondary diagnosis?
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A patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for monitoring of hyponatremia. Following treatment with intravenous fluids the sodium level normalized, however, the patient developed urinary inc...
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A patient was admitted with delirium and hallucinations secondary to serotonin syndrome. The provider was queried and clarified that the serotonin syndrome was due to the adverse effect of prescrib...
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A 97-year-old female patient with an ataxic gait, presented for management of multiple medical conditions. The provider documented vestibular ataxia and prescribed Meclizine to treat gait instabili...
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The patient had a chest computerized tomography angiography (CTA) which revealed pulmonary emboli in the segmental branches of the right middle and lower lobes of the lung. The radiologist also not...
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A patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease underwent an outpatient manometry study. The provider’s impression states, “Manometric evidence of a hiatal hernia with esophagogastric junction o...
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The patient is seen for complete sternal nonunion with pseudoarthrosis of a right lower hemisternotomy following mitral valve repair and Maze procedure. What is the diagnosis code assignment for no...
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A patient is admitted for multiple medical conditions and is status post automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) placement, for ventricular fibrillation. The cardiologist’s docume...
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A patient presents for in vitro fertilization due to infertility caused by a congenital vaginal anomaly. At code Z31.83, Encounter for assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle, there is a no...
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A patient presents to the physician’s office for in vitro fertilization, because of infertility due to polycystic ovarian syndrome. Would an additional code from category N97, Female infertility,...
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