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A patient, who is diagnosed with bilateral ureteral reflux, had surgical repair via Cohen transtrigonal bilateral ureteric reimplantation and ureteral neocystostomy. After opening the bladder, the ...
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The patient presented with fever/chills, weakness and worsening left lower extremity pain. He was diagnosed with sepsis and acute arterial insufficiency of the left lower extremity with plan for su...
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A patient with an abnormal computed tomography scan of the gastrointestinal tract underwent upper endoscopy. The provider found a large, non-bleeding, chronic perforation on the greater curvature a...
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The above patient is now refusing the wound VAC therapy, and presents for removal of the wound VAC. During the procedure, a scope was inserted into the stomach and the wound VAC was swept out throu...
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The patient, who has been diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis, myelopathy and radiculopathy, presents for surgical treatment consisting of percutaneous posterior placement of DTRAX interfacet s...
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The patient is a 72-year-old who was admitted with heart failure secondary to constrictive pericarditis, and underwent pericardiectomy involving excision of the pericardium and lysis of adhesions. ...
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A patient with previous transcatheter cardiac ablation is now admitted due to postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the right femoral artery. How should coding professionals distinguish between categorie...
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The patient developed a postsurgical fat embolism in the pulmonary artery. What is the appropriate code assignment for postoperative fat embolism in the pulmonary artery?
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A patient underwent total knee arthroplasty, and her postoperative course was uneventful. Six days later, she presented with hypoxia and shortness of breath, and the provider documented postoperati...
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A patient was emergently intubated for airway protection. Post intubation, the patient was noted to have bleeding from the oral cavity/oropharynx. The endotracheal tube (ETT) had pierced through th...
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