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A 64-year-old patient with an extensive medical history was admitted for a full work up due to bloody diarrhea. The provider’s final diagnostic statement listed, “IgA mediated leukocytoclastic ...
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We are seeking advice on how to code lacunar stroke when the patient also has carotid stenosis. Our clinicians state that lacunar infarcts result from small vessel brain disease and are never relat...
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The patient presented with bilateral carotid artery occlusion and acute right middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction. The provider documented that friable stenotic plaque in the right carotid arte...
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A patient, who is status post glaucoma surgery due to bilateral primary open angle glaucoma, presented for an office visit. The provider’s diagnostic statement listed “Recurrent Seidel positive...
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A patient, who was diagnosed with an infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the right breast of overlapping sites, presents for an outpatient follow-up visit after previously undergoing an excisional lum...
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A 20-year-old patient with gestational diabetes presented due to diabetic ketoacidosis. The categories for diabetes, including E10.-, Type 1 diabetes mellitus, and E11.-, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, ...
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What codes should be assigned for long-term use of both an oral antidiabetic drug and an injectable GLP-1 receptor agonist, such as Trulicity or Victoza? Per the Official Guidelines for Coding and ...
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The patient, who is status post endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm, presents with enlargement of the aneurysmal sac due to an early type Ib endoleak of the left iliac limb and a type IV endolea...
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What codes should be assigned for long-term use of both an injectable GLP-1 receptor agonist drug, such as Trulicity or Victoza as well as insulin?
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The patient is an 82-year-old male with a history of congestive heart failure (CHF) and severe aortic stenosis status post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The provider documents chro...
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