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The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting section I.C.18.e. was revised effective October 1, 2020 to indicate that coma scale codes are to be used only in conjunction with traumatic...
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A patient suffered a traumatic brain injury with severe swelling of the brain due to a motor vehicle accident. The patient was placed in a medically induced coma to protect the brain and minimize t...
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A 63-year-old patient presented to the hospital with abrupt onset of fevers, chills, and muscle weakness. Diagnostic blood work came back positive for Lyme disease co-infected with Ehrlichia, and A...
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A 25-year-old male patient was seen in his physician’s office for a follow up visit. He continues to express feelings of loneliness, sadness, and loss of interest in hobbies that he once enjoyed....
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A patient with cervical disc displacement of C2-C3 presented to their provider’s office due to frequent headaches and neck pain. The patient was diagnosed with cervicogenic headaches (CGH) associ...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department after becoming progressively somnolent. Diagnostic workup revealed elevated troponin level and intermittent atrial fibrillation and the patient was ad...
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A patient, who is status post colectomy secondary to ulcerative colitis, presents with complaints of skin irritation around his ileostomy. The provider diagnosed irritant contact dermatitis caused ...
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An adult patient with stress urinary incontinence is diagnosed with urine-induced vulvar contact dermatitis. What are the diagnosis code assignments for the encounter?
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An 80-year-old patient, who wears adult diapers because of urinary and fecal incontinence, presents to the Emergency Department due to painful, irritated and excoriated skin of the vulva and buttoc...
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What codes are assigned for leakage of a cystostomy catheter causing irritant contact dermatitis due to urine?
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