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The patient, who is status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), presents with painful protruding sternal wires. At surgery, the previous incision was opened and sternal wires were removed. How...
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A 66-year-old woman presented with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and coronary artery disease. Her CHF worsened, leading to cardiogenic shock with cardiac arrest. She was taken to the cardia...
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The patient was placed on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) earlier during the day. Bleeding was noted from the right femoral artery cannula site and the patient was emergentl...
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A 56-year-old patient who had venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) previously placed, presented because of issues with the ECMO support. Upon examination, a clot and fibrin strands...
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A patient with an aortic arch aneurysm and known history of coronary artery disease presents for repair of the aneurysm. During the operative episode, the patient experienced several episodes of hy...
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An infant was transferred to our hospital while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Should our facility assign a code for the ECMO since it was continued at our facility?
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During pacemaker insertion, the provider’s documentation indicates both an atrial lead and a bundle of HIS lead were placed. What is the correct code assignment for a pacemaker lead inserted into...
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A patient with single left ventricular (LV) dominant atrioventricular valve physiology, who is status post Fontan procedure, presented with moderate to severe atrioventricular valve regurgitation. ...
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A patient who is status post endovascular repair of an aortic dissection is diagnosed with severe aortic insufficiency with dilated left ventricle, due to a dilated root with a tri-leaflet valve. T...
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A patient with pilonidal cyst and sinus with multiple recurrent abscesses underwent endoscopic treatment. According to the operative note, the resectoscope was used in cautery mode as a cutting too...
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