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ICD-10-PCS Guideline B3.10c on Fusion Procedures of the Spine advises how to code combinations of devices and materials that are used for fusion of a vertebral joint. However, there is confusion re...
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The patient was diagnosed with acute ischemia of the ascending colon due to mesenteric vein thrombosis, which was attributed to Antithrombin III deficiency. The Index to Diseases references code I8...
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A patient was diagnosed with pyuria and started on antibiotics; however when the urine cultures returned negative, antibiotics were discontinued. The physician’s final diagnostic statement listed...
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A 77-year-old female found to have a right ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction with poor drainage of the kidney underwent a retrograde and ureteral stent placement previously. She is now...
An endopyelo...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has published two new codes for smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit (99406 and 99407). If our hospital respiratory therapists provide thi...
Yes, it woul...
This patient with a diagnosis of bony exostosis and scarring and fibrosis of the extensor tendon underwent an exostectomy of the right second toe metatarsal head with excision of extensive scarring...
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A patient is admitted to the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and gas. The nurse inserts a naso-gastric tube per physician’s order and documents the insertion. Wou...
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A patient with a deviated nasal septum underwent a septoplasty. It was also noted that both inferior turbinates were hypertrophic thus reducing his nasal airway. The surgeon performed a...
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A 38 year old female with a history of subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis due to ulcerative colitis presents to our facility for proctoscopy and ileoscopy with biopsy. The patient ...
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A patient presents for an excision of a lesion on the back. The surgeon fails to document the lesion size or the margins in the operative report. The pathology report has the total size of th...
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