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When assigning the assistance code (5A0) for an Impella® device, how does the coding professional determine the appropriate Duration value, Intermittent or Continuous?
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The patient had a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure and both a right sided and left sided Impella® external heart assist device were placed percutaneously. The left sided device w...
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The patient is a 49-year-old male diagnosed with cardiogenic shock, dilated cardiomyopathy with end-stage heart failure, and Janus Kinase 2 mutation with hypercoagulable state. He was supported wit...
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The patient had a history of hyperplastic colon polyp, which was found on a previous screening colonoscopy. Since a hyperplastic polyp is not neoplastic in nature, how should a history of hyperplas...
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What is the correct code assignment for personal history of rectal polyp in ICD-10-CM? There is no specific Alphabetic Index entry for personal history of rectal polyp in the classification. Would ...
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There are consultants advising clients that the pathology reports must be reviewed before assigning a code from category D12, Benign neoplasm of colon, rectum, anus and anal canal, for an outpatien...
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There seems to be a discrepancy in the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification of hepatic flexure of the colon. ICD-10-CM classifies the hepatic flexure to the transverse colon, while the ICD-10-PC...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, Second Quarter 2010, page 3, provided advice to sequence gross hematuria as the principal diagnosis for a patient, who was currently under treatment for prostat...
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A young child, who is status post heart transplant, was found to have bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis in the proximal pulmonary veins. The patient presents for sutureless repair of the stenosis. ...
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