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The above patient is now refusing the wound VAC therapy, and presents for removal of the wound VAC. During the procedure, a scope was inserted into the stomach and the wound VAC was swept out throu...
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The patient, who has been diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis, myelopathy and radiculopathy, presents for surgical treatment consisting of percutaneous posterior placement of DTRAX interfacet s...
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The patient is a 72-year-old who was admitted with heart failure secondary to constrictive pericarditis, and underwent pericardiectomy involving excision of the pericardium and lysis of adhesions. ...
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A patient with previous transcatheter cardiac ablation is now admitted due to postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the right femoral artery. How should coding professionals distinguish between categorie...
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The patient developed a postsurgical fat embolism in the pulmonary artery. What is the appropriate code assignment for postoperative fat embolism in the pulmonary artery?
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A patient underwent total knee arthroplasty, and her postoperative course was uneventful. Six days later, she presented with hypoxia and shortness of breath, and the provider documented postoperati...
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A patient was emergently intubated for airway protection. Post intubation, the patient was noted to have bleeding from the oral cavity/oropharynx. The endotracheal tube (ETT) had pierced through th...
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The patient, who is status post placement of a cardiac pacemaker, presents for pacemaker revision due to the right atrial and ventricular leads not sensing properly. After the right atrial lead was...
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A 15-year-old with a history of refractory B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) presents with fever two days following chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell infusion. The patient developed sign...
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The provider’s documentation states acute on chronic complex left medial meniscus tear/injury. Because of the Excludes1 notes at both code categories S83-, Dislocation and sprain of joints and li...
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