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A 20-year-old patient with progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis of the thoracic region presented for complex reconstruction due to collapsing spine syndrome. What is the appropriate code ass...
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A 70-year-old patient presented for conversion of hip resurfacing to total hip replacement, along with excision of heterotopic ossification of bone from the muscle of the left leg. The heterotopic ...
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A patient was diagnosed with steroid dependent minimal change disease (MCD) and nephrotic syndrome. What are the correct code assignments for these conditions?
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A patient is diagnosed with acute kidney injury (AKI) with nephrotic hematuria/proteinuria due to minimal change disease (MCD) with acute tubular necrosis (ATN). What are the correct code assignmen...
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A patient presents for the insertion of Prokera® bilaterally due to a diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca oculus uterque (OU). The Index lists the default code as M35.0, Sjogren syndrome, with...
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A patient presented to the emergency department for left-sided chest pain and scalp laceration due to a fall. The provider documented rib pain due to fall in the final impression. Rib pain indexes ...
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A 66-year-old patient with advanced bladder cancer underwent laparoscopic radical cystectomy, along with formation of an orthotopic neobladder. During surgery, a 55 cm segment of small bowel was se...
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A patient was admitted for an emergent exploratory laparotomy. The surgeon performed a resection of the necrotic small bowel with a temporary abdominal closure. Two days postoperatively, the patien...
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A patient presented for an L3-L4 anterior lumbar interbody fusion via lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach. The patient was placed in the prone position in anticipation of a single-position ...
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A patient with severe pectus excavatum was taken to the operating room for a bilateral Nuss procedure with thoracic nerve cryoablation. Access was gained to the interspace area for two bar placemen...
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