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A patient presented with cancer of the left anterior floor of the mouth and mandible. During a complex reconstruction of the floor of the mouth, ventral tongue and alveolar ridge with flap, the lef...
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Does the advice published in Coding Cl...
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Does the instructional note providing sequencing guidance at code J44.0, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection, apply also to ventilator associated pneumonia?...
No, the inst...
The patient has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with asthma. Is code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified, sufficient, or is an additional code needed for the asth...
If the speci...
When a patient with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has an acute exacerbation of COPD, is the asthma reported as exacerbated or unspecified?
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What is the appropriate code assignment for a diagnosis of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with acute exacerbation of moderate persistent asthma?
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When referencing respiratory distress in the alphabetic index, there are subentries for adult and child, both leading to code J80, Acute respiratory distress syndrome. If the physician does not doc...
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When a patient presents for speech therapy for a language disorder that is due to an underlying condition, which code is sequenced as the first-listed diagnosis? For example, a four-year-old diagno...
The speech p...
We are a pediatric facility and we see a population of patients with a diagnosis of cyclical vomiting syndrome. These patients have no current or previous history of migraines, and are followed by ...
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An infant presents to the pediatrician’s office due to breastfeeding concerns on day 24 of life. The final diagnosis is difficulty breastfeeding. The same patient returns on day 38 of life with t...
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