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A 61-year-old male with acute monocytic leukemia was admitted with fatigue, fever, chills, night sweats, leg pain, weight loss and shortness of breath. CT scan demonstrated signs of descending and ...
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The patient, who had a recent history of stroke on antiplatelet therapy and a history of outpatient radiotherapy for prostate cancer, is admitted with active rectal bleeding associated with radiati...
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The patient had an open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with tube graft insertion. The surgeon opened the aneurysmal sac, placed a tube graft, and closed the sac over the graft. What is the correc...
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The patient was diagnosed with left middle cerebral artery fusiform aneurysm and underwent aneurysm repair. A burr hole was drilled and a craniotomy was elevated. The dura was then opened, and the ...
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A patient presented to vascular surgery for treatment of shaggy aorta with evidence of atheroembolic sequelae to bilateral feet. The patient underwent endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair, w...
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The patient presented with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) pump thrombus as well as a left ventricular thrombus, and underwent LVAD replacement. At surgery, the patient was placed on cardio...
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The patient was admitted for a laparoscopic appendectomy. Laparoscopy was carried out with findings of inflammation and fluid in the right lower quadrant with poor visualization of the tip of the c...
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The patient developed a small-bowel obstruction and had surgical intervention. At surgery, a vertical midline incision was utilized to enter the abdomen. The abdominal cavity was examined and inspi...
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A patient with a clogged gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube is admitted to undergo gastrojejunostomy tube change. What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for the GJ tube change?
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The same patient with a clogged gastrojejunostomy tube underwent a gastrojejunostomy tube change. During the procedure, contrast was injected into the gastric and jejunal portions of the feeding tu...
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