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A patient underwent a colonoscopy because of a positive Cologuard® test. The colonoscopy demonstrated no abnormal findings. What is the appropriate diagnosis code for this encounter?
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A patient is referred for a colonoscopy due to the positive results of a Cologuard® test. During colonoscopy, a cecal polyp was found and removed. The preoperative diagnosis is screening colonosco...
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If a physician sees a patient (in any setting) and evaluates the patient’s sick sinus syndrome (SSS) or other significant heart rhythm abnormality, is it appropriate to assign a code for the spec...
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A 72-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema presents due to COPD exacerbation. The Alphabetic Index leads coding professionals to code J44.1, Chr...
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A patient with emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted for treatment of acute bronchitis and COPD. There is no mention of chronic bronchitis. ICD-10-CM’s Index refe...
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A patient with emphysema presents due to asthma and COPD. When you reference asthma with COPD, the Index refers coding professionals to code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecifie...
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A 68-year-old man with a history of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery disease (CAD) was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Wh...
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In the Alphabetic Index, the different types of atrial fibrillation all appear at the same indentation level under “Fibrillation, atrial.” If a provider documents various types of atrial fibril...
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A patient, who was admitted due to syncopal episodes, was diagnosed with a complete heart block. The cardiologist noted that the electrocardiogram (ECG) showed a complete AV block with periods of a...
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