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In ICD-10-PCS, how is intrauterine pressure monitoring during labor coded?
...Intrauterine...
The patient had a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placed percutaneously with laparoscopic
assistance. The physician performed a craniotomy with tunneling of the subcutaneous catheter. The surgeo...
If a separat...
A 62-year-old male patient underwent urgent coronary artery bypass grafting. During the surgery,
division of a band of muscle restricting the distal left anterior descending coronary artery was ...
In this case...
The patient had a normal vaginal delivery and experienced postpartum bleeding. The provider documented that a 50 ml clot was evacuated from the lower uterine segment (LUS), and the fundus was firm ...
Based on the...
A patient was seen for catheter ablation due to symptomatic atrial fibrillation. A diagnostic intracardiac electrophysiology study (EPS) with mapping and isolation of the four pulmonary veins was p...
When the sit...
The patient suffered an unstable fracture of the cervical spine. Tongs were applied and left in place in order to stabilize the fracture. What is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for application of to...
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A 61-year-old male is six years status post repair of left ankle fracture. He had failure of the top screws and eventually developed a varus deformity with arthritis. He presents for surgical inter...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Second Quarter 2013, page 39, advised to assign codes: 0RS1XZZ,
Reposition cervical vertebral joint, external approach, and 2W60X0Z, Traction of head us...
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Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2013, advised the assignment of codes that describe the destruction
of the right and left pulmonary veins (025T3ZZ and 025S3ZZ), for catheter ablation arou...
Upon further...
What is the correct ICD-10-PCS code for the placement of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line)?
...The correct ...