Enter a search term and preview Coding Clinic content here! ?
Type
Only one ICD...
A patient with acute kidney injury undergoes prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy (PIRRT) over four days during the course of the inpatient stay. How should PIRRT be coded?
...Assign 5A1D8...
A patient with acute kidney injury is medically unstable and undergoes continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) continuously for 36 hours. The patient improved and intermittent hemodialysis was ...
Assign code ...
A patient with scoliosis has outgrown the previously placed lumbar magnetic growth rod and needs a new one. The previous growth rod is removed via an open approach and a new longer rod is placed. H...
Assign the f...
The patient presented for surgical treatment after an existing magnetic growth rod in his lumbar spine became loosened at the distal end. The magnetic growth rod was percutaneously reconnected. How...
Assign code ...
A patient with severe lumbar degenerative disc disease underwent L4-S1 discectomy, anterior L4-S1 spinal fusion using COALESCE interbody fusion devices filled with allograft bone, and placement of ...
Assign the f...
A critically ill patient had a medically induced coma. Should we assign a Glasgow coma score for a patient in a medically induced coma?
...Do not repor...
Is there any official guidance as to when a pediatric versus an adult diagnosis code may be used? We are getting many rejections/denials, as there appear to be different ages for edits. Within my I...
The official...
The patient was admitted with wheezing and shortness of breath. The provider’s diagnostic statement listed, “Bacterial pneumonia on top of influenza A, exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmo...
Assign code ...
Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2017, page 25, advised that for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with asthma, only code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Assign codes...