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A patient, who is status post open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) due to left arm fracture, underwent delayed closure of the wound. At surgery, the wound was irrigated down to bone using a puls...
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A patient diagnosed with open forearm fracture of both bones and closed distal radioulnar joint dislocation underwent open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) of the forearm bones, and manipula...
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A patient presents for robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. During the procedure partial removal of the bilateral vas deferens was accomplished and the bilateral seminal vesicles we...
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A right skin-sparing mastectomy was performed due to the patient’s history of left breast invasive lobular carcinoma. After superior, medial, inferior and lateral flaps were made, the breast was ...
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A patient is admitted to undergo a right frontal craniotomy for resection of brain tumor. The previous incision was reopened and then the dura was opened circumferentially overlying the recurrent t...
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A patient presents for treatment of a traumatic injury of the facial nerve with facial paralysis. At surgery, it was noted that a small branch of the right buccal nerve had been transected (cut). T...
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A patient with retinal detachment of the left eye underwent surgical repair. Provider documentation states that a core vitrectomy was done, followed by 360 degrees peripheral vitreous base dissecti...
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A patient presents for treatment of diabetic vitreous hemorrhage, tractional retinal detachment, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy of the right eye. The provider documented that a posterior pa...
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A patient diagnosed with ruptured left-sided transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula or malformation (AVM) underwent endovascular Onyx-18 liquid embolization. The provider documented s...
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A patient with right femoral occlusion and ischemic rest pain underwent bovine patch arterioplasty. In ICD-10-PCS, the root operation “Supplement” right femoral artery directs the coder to 04UK...
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