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The patient presented at 39-weeks gestation for delivery. Due to maternal exhaustion, the decision was made to proceed with assisted vaginal delivery. First a vacuum was placed and assistance was g...
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Please reconsider the advice previously published in Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2014, page 25, stating that the coder cannot assume either diastolic or systolic failure or a combination ...
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The ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entry for 'Diabetes with' includes listings for conditions associated with diabetes, which was not the case in ICD-9-CM. Does the provider need to document a relation...
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A patient, who is a type 2 diabetic, is admitted with a chronically infected ulcer of the left mid-foot. The provider documented, “Diabetic foot ulcer with skin breakdown, positive for Methicilli...
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A woman, who has had type 1 diabetes for over 40 years, developed chronic osteomyelitis of the right heel and presents to the infectious disease clinic for follow-up. The provider also noted, “Ch...
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What is the code assignment for duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage due to Coumadin therapy, initial encounter? Is D68.32, Hemorrhagic disorder due to extrinsic circulating anticoagulant, assigned for b...
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Should bleeding due to therapeutic anticoagulant be coded as a hemorrhagic disorder (category D68)?
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This patient underwent an emergency ileocecectomy. The patient’s stay was complicated by postoperative coagulopathy and intra-abdominal hemorrhage due to prasugrel and aspirin taken as prescribed...
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A patient with a history of stress urinary incontinence presents for pubovaginal sling placement. What is the appropriate ICD-10-PCS code for this procedure? Specifically, we are not sure what the ...
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A 19-month-old child was admitted for repair of severe subvalvar and valvar pulmonary stenosis, fenestrated secundum atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale. A pulmonary valvotomy was perform...
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