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A 25-year-old asymptomatic HIV positive patient, who is on antiretroviral therapy, presents to the physician’s office for follow-up care. The patient is asymptomatic, has not been diagnosed with ...
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A patient is admitted after an episode of unresponsiveness secondary to syncope and urinary tract infection (UTI). The focus of treatment was directed at the syncope (CT of the head, cardiac work-u...
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A patient with nausea, vomiting and lightheadedness for one week was admitted due to severe dehydration. He was noted to have acute kidney injury secondary to dehydration and was treated with intra...
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A patient is diagnosed with nosocomial gram-negative bacilli sepsis/blood stream infection, due to a midline catheter. What is the appropriate code assignment for the blood stream infection due to ...
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A patient with a midline catheter developed cellulitis of the left upper arm secondary to the catheter. What is the appropriate code assignment for left arm cellulitis due to midline catheter, as m...
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How is streptococcal Group B sepsis due to a hemodialysis central venous catheter classified in ICD-10-CM? Which is more appropriate, assigning a code for the type of catheter, such as central veno...
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A woman diagnosed with an esophageal malignancy underwent total resection of the lower esophagus and reconstruction using colonic interposition. An esophagectomy was performed via an open approach....
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This patient has history of complicated diverticulitis, status post sigmoid colectomy with end colostomy, complicated by recurring pelvic abscesses, secondary to the remaining rectal Hartmann cuff....
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A patient with stage IV lung cancer and brain metastases was noted to have worsening chronic pericardial effusion and was admitted for treatment of the effusion. At the time of discharge, the final...
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A patient presented to the hospital with severe fatigue. Complete blood count (CBC) showed low platelets, red and white blood cells. Further workup included bone marrow biopsy that revealed acute m...
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