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The patient presented for total abdominal hysterectomy. At surgery, extensive adhesions, involving the omentum and peritoneum were encountered and taken down under direct visualization. What is the...
The adhesion...
A patient who is status post right transmetatarsal amputation presents for nonexcisional debridement of a dehisced wound using the Versajet. An EpiFix® graft was then applied to the wound. What is...
Epifix® is ...
When a mini-thoracotomy is carried out as the surgical approach, would this be considered an open approach or percutaneous approach?
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A patient with an ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction presented for a right dismembered pyeloplasty. The ureter was transected and chromic stay sutures were placed in the ureter and renal pelv...
The ureter w...
A 61-year-old female status post ileojejunal bypass with reversal and sleeve gastrectomy complicated by multiple enterocutaneous fistulas presents due to an enteric fistula that was treated on thre...
The ileum is...
A patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the glans penis had a total penectomy and perineal urethrostomy. During surgery, the urethra was dissected out at the shaft of the penis, then divided and ...
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A patient was found to have severe mitral regurgitation and subsequently underwent a radical repair of mitral valve with quadrangular resection of the P2 scallop (posterior leaflet) with chordal tr...
A chordae te...
What is the correct ICD-10-CM diagnosis code assignment for an adult patient with a documented body mass index (BMI) of 19.5?
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A patient with dementia, who is confined to a nursing home, was admitted to the hospital after falling from his wheelchair. The provider’s final diagnostic statement listed, “Toxic encephalopat...
Yes. Since t...
A patient with bipolar disorder presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with mental status change, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting after ingesting ten lithium carbonate tablets with suicidal intent...
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