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The patient had previously undergone open reduction internal fixation of a fracture. Three days post-discharge the patient is readmitted due to pain at the fracture site. An x-ray noted improper al...
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When a Rh negative mother delivers at term without complication, and she is administered Rhogam prophylactically during the admission, would code Z31.82, Encounter for Rh incompatibility status, be...
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The patient had multiple drug-eluting stents placed percutaneously in three distinct lesions occurring in three separate coronary arteries: the first diagonal (D1) branch of the left anterior desce...
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A patient had one long mid-to-distal lesion in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, which was treated percutaneously with two drug-eluting stents. What is the appropriate body part v...
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The patient had a lesion in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery that was treated percutaneously with one drug-eluting stent and a lesion in the distal LAD artery that was treated wit...
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This patient had a lesion within the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery that extended into a branch artery of the LAD at the bifurcation and two drug-eluting stents were placed percutan...
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The patient had percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery (RCA) with placement of two drug-eluting stents. He also had PTCA of the proximal and mid-po...
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The patient had previously suffered a displaced comminuted fracture of the right tibial shaft after falling approximately 30 feet. At that time, the patient had open reduction and internal fixation...
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A patient presents for otoscopy, tympanometry and audiometry. The patient is found to have moderate to severe mixed hearing loss in the right ear and moderate sensorineural hearing loss in the left...
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