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The BiPAP Ventilatory Support System is a continuous ventilator used for spontaneously breathing patients in critical care or life-supporting applications in the hospital setting. The system may be...

The BiPAP sy...

A patient diagnosed with a head and neck malignancy undergoes wide excision of tongue, bilateral modified neck dissection and tracheostomy. During surgery, he was placed on mechanical ventilation a...

Oxygen deliv...

How are the hours counted for a patient on mechanical ventilation only at night? 

If the patie...

A patient with history of endocarditis is admitted with severe acute meningitis causing respiratory decompensation. The procedures performed during the inpatient stay are diagnostic lumbar puncture...

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The patient is admitted with an acute ischemic cerebral vascular accident, and is started on tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) infusion. Four hours after admission the patient suffers a second, ma...

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A premature newborn requires mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome and therapeutic lumbar puncture for relief of intracranial pressure. Which of the two procedures is the princip...

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A patient admitted with severe sepsis is treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics and is placed on mechanical ventilation for 40 hours. The documentation states that the patient has no underlying ...

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A patient is admitted with sepsis and placed on mechanical ventilation and extubated after 20 hours. The documentation states that the patient’s initial respiratory decompensation is due to the s...

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A patient is admitted to undergo removal of 34 uterine fibroids via an open approach. Would it be appropriate to apply the Multiple Procedure Guideline, B3.2b, and report code 0UB90ZZ 34 times?&nbs...

Excision of ...

What is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code assignment for the intravenous/intramuscular administration of Rh (D) immune (anti-D immune globulin)? 

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