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Dilute Russell’s Viper Venom time (DVV) is a test we perform to test for lupus anticoagulation. Two distinct reagents exist for this test, a DVV test reagent (low phospholipid) and DVV confirm re...
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Initially, this patient was seen in our facility with a history of an amputated portion of the skin and soft tissue of the tip of his left second digit. On physical examination exposed bone and sof...
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A 67 year old patient status post previous fracture repair and free flap presents now with an infected nonunion fracture of right tibia. Debridement of the bone is scheduled to be performed and a p...
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Our facility is performing “rapid desensitization” to some of our chemotherapy patients who have developed allergies or hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) to the chemotherapy drugs. This treatme...
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A patient presented to our facility with complaints of painful left great toe as well as left second and third digits. He has a previous history of fusion of the great toe. However, he has recurren...
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Our facility wants clarification regarding reporting 3D rendering services with CT imaging. In the current CPT codebook there are parenthetical notes following codes 70450 (CT head or brain) and 70...
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This patient sustained injury to his right shoulder while placing rivets and I-beams at work. He was diagnosed with a right rotator cuff tear and impingement syndrome. The surgeon has scheduled the...
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This patient previously underwent a 2-incision technique to repair a distal biceps rupture. However, postoperatively the patient was noted to have difficulty regaining pronation and supination. The...
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This patient had a previous injury to his left small finger. X-rays now reveal the patient has a severely displaced fracture of the head of the proximal phalanx. The patient presents to have an ope...
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The patient with a diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia was scheduled to undergo a right sided trigeminal balloon compression rhizotomy with use of fluoroscopy. According to the operative report, the ...
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