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A patient was admitted with hypertension and chronic kidney disease, stage 3, and atypical HUS. What is the correct code for atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome?
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The provider documented the patient has both Von Willebrand disease (VWD), type 1, and Factor VIII (functional) deficiency. ICD-10-CM classifies VWD, type 1, to code D68.01, Von Willebrand disease,...
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A 58-year-old man with stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) presents to the renal clinic. The provider noted, “Chronic metabolic acidosis and progressive decline in kidney function.” The patien...
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A patient with known severe dementia due to late onset of Alzheimer’s disease and functional quadriplegia is admitted from a senior living facility due to increased agitation and combativeness ov...
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When reporting drugs with a revenue code 0636 on a UB-92, the instructions are as follows: “Revenue code 0636 relates to HCPCS code, so HCPCS is the recommended code to be used in FL 44. The spec...
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Based on the 2005 OPPS Final Rule we have instructed our staff to code simple repair using dermabond to CPT codes 12001-12021 for the procedure, and code G0168 for the tissue adhesive, for dates of...
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The doctor prescribed morphine to be given to the patient for pain relief. The nurse injects a small amount of morphine into the IV. This process will be repeated until the morphine level is suffic...
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This patient was sent to radiology with a request to check the patency of a cath. The report reads “Contrast was injected through the patient’s left sided port-a-cath. The tip is within the SVC...
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Susceptibility studies were performed on two different organisms. We reported CPT codes 87184 and 87186. However, we get an NCCI edit “mutually exclusive procedures that would be allowed if the a...
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This patient was seen for 90 minutes of therapeutic hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The patient required 10 minutes of descent time. Ten (10) minutes of air breaks were provided and 10 minutes of ascent...
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