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A patient underwent a repeat low transverse cesarean section. During the cesarean delivery, vacuum extraction was used to assist with the delivery of the infant. What is the correct ICD-10-PCS qual...
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The patient was taken to the operating room post vaginal delivery for control of bleeding using a Bakri balloon. We are unsure if the Bakri balloon is coded to the Obstetrics section or the Medical...
The root ope...
How is an open posterior colporrhaphy/rectocele repair coded in PCS? Should one or two codes be assigned for this procedure?
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What is the appropriate ICD-10-PCS code, when a combination of drugs is administered during a single injection (e.g., corticosteroid and local anesthetic)?
...If two subst...
We are requesting that the Coding Clinic Editorial Advisory Board revisit advice published about non-Candida albicans sepsis. The Alphabetic Index under the term “Sepsis, candida,” directs to c...
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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 around ...
Upon further...
A patient presents to the physician’s office for an annual check-up and is noted to have received the first dose of a two-dose regimen (e.g., Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine, but has not received the s...
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According to the updated guideline B4.1c, if a carotid endarterectomy is performed on a single continuous lesion involving both the common carotid artery and internal carotid artery, the common car...
The procedur...
The updated ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Guideline B4.1c, pertaining to procedures performed on a continuous section of a tubular body part appears to conflict ...
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A 51-year-old patient with severe protein calorie malnutrition due to extreme anorexia nervosa, binge-eating purging type, is admitted to the hospital for stabilization of her acute medical conditi...
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