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A patient with history of alcohol abuse diagnosed with alcoholic dementia presents to the clinic for a follow-up visit. The provider documented that the alcohol abuse is in remission and the patien...
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A patient presented for a spinal imaging exam and was diagnosed with a left far lateral disc bulge at level L5-S1. There is no Alphabetic Index entry for disc bulge. Is it appropriate to assume tha...
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When a patient is admitted with diverticulitis of the colon and an intra-abdominal abscess, is code K65.1, Peritoneal abscess, assigned along with code K57.20, Diverticulitis of large intestine wit...
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A patient is admitted with peritonitis likely secondary to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. Is code K65.9, Peritonitis, unspecified, assigned with code K57.20, Diverticulitis of large intestine w...
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A group home resident was found in acute distress after forcing a piece of cardboard into his mouth. Following removal of the cardboard at the group home, the patient presented to Hospital A and wa...
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A patient is diagnosed with uncontrolled type I diabetes mellitus (DM), hyperglycemia, and acute hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS). Both hyperglycemia and hyperosmolarity are respective sub...
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A patient with advanced untreatable right maxillary cancer presented to the emergency department (ED) with recurrent oral bleeding. The patient refused treatment and requested physician-assisted su...
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A patient who presented due to low back pain was diagnosed with dextroconvex scoliosis at levels C7-T6 and levoconvex scoliosis at levels T11-L1. When referencing scoliosis in the Index, there are ...
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What is the correct diagnosis code for scintillating scotoma? The Index entry under Scotoma, scintillating leads to code H53.19, Other subjective visual disturbances. However, “scintillating scot...
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