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A patient status post bilateral mastectomies develops necrotic skin edges of the mastectomy flap sites on both breasts. She presents for excision of the necrotic skin edges. After the a...
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An elderly female was admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. During the hospitalization, the patient required high flow nasal cannula and BIPAP; however, de...
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A 68-year-old male was admitted due to anemia. The patient also has a past medical history of HIV disease, currently on antiretrovirals (ARVs). The patient had a history of CD4 count less than 200 ...
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Should code Z51.5, Encounter for palliative care, be assigned for patients who do not have a terminal disease, but are receiving comfort care for a serious illness?
...Yes. Code Z5...
Please clarify correct code assignment for critical limb ischemia. There are no entries in the Index to Diseases for this condition and coding professionals may arrive at different codes. The Index...
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ICD-10-CM Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines for coding COVID-19 (April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 version) used to allow coding of confirmed cases on the basis of “presumptive test...
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A patient with prostate cancer presents for a robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. Pneumoperitoneum was established and the abdomen was insufflated. The robotic trocars were then placed in ...
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This patient was found to have a large tubulovillous adenoma with focal high-grade dysplasia and presented for a laparoscopic robotic-assisted sigmoid colectomy with primary anastomosis. The proced...
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Should the administration of remdesivir, sarilumab, or tocilizumab be coded each time it is administered during a hospitalization or just coded once?
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What ICD-10-PCS code should be assigned for the administration of Dexamethasone (either orally or intravenously) when it is being used to treat COVID-19?
...If your faci...