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There is some confusion among coders regarding what is coded when coding a heart transplant. The patient was admitted and underwent an orthostatic cardiac allograft transplantation utilizing total ...
For the hear...
Is it appropriate to assign a code for hyperglycemia together with another diabetes code? For example, if hyperglycemia is documented along with type 2 diabetic retinopathy, should multiple diabete...
Yes, assign ...
Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM states that ketoacidosis is inherently uncontrolled diabetes. Therefore, how would you report uncontrolled type I diabetes with ketoacidosis in ICD-10-CM? Should the code...
No, in this ...
Which body system in ICD-10-PCS is a glenoid labrum repair or suturing assigned? Should this be
assigned to the Bursae, Tendons and Ligaments body system, or Upper Joints body system? Should the...
The glenoid ...
How is degenerative disc disease coded in ICD-10-CM when the site is unspecified? The Alphabetic
Index under the main term "Degeneration," subterm "disc disease," refers the user to "See Degener...
Currently, I...
A patient underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the procedure, the gallbladder was dissected out of the liver bed with electrocautery and removed. FloSeal was used on a small bleeder fro...
No, do not a...
A patient underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After removal of the gallbladder, a small amount of bleeding in the liver bed had to be controlled. We believed that this was integral to the cho...
Control of t...
What is the correct ICD-10-CM code assignment for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)?
...Assign code ...
A patient underwent distraction osteogenesis for cranio-synostosis. An osteotomy was performed to gain access to the area to be distracted. Segments of soft spots were roughed up with placement of ...
A cranial di...
The patient had a depressed comminuted open right frontal bone fracture and underwent open reduction and internal fixation of fracture and primary repair of dural rent. The patient was found to hav...
For the proc...