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What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM code assignment for a diagnosis of “tight nuchal cord” on the newborn record? Does “tight” nuchal cord” indicate “with compression” or must the provi...
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A patient was admitted three hours following a colonoscopy with left upper quadrant (LUQ) pain and was found to have a grade 3 splenic laceration with hemoperitoneum, due to the colonoscopy. Is it ...
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A patient presented with severe pelvic pain due to ruptured left ovarian cyst with hemoperitoneum. Is it appropriate to assign code K66.1, Hemoperitoneum, when it is associated with a ruptured ovar...
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A patient presented with lower abdominal pain due to left-sided ruptured corpus luteum cyst that resulted in a hemoperitoneum and acute blood loss anemia. Is it appropriate to assign code K66.1, He...
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A patient status post laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic biliary disease, was readmitted due to abdominal distention with nausea and vomiting. A computerized tomography scan of the abdomen de...
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A patient presented to the hospital with complaints of dizziness with nausea and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head demonstrated a large right posterior inferior cerebral artery...
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A patient with history of alcohol abuse diagnosed with alcoholic dementia presents to the clinic for a follow-up visit. The provider documented that the alcohol abuse is in remission and the patien...
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A patient presented for a spinal imaging exam and was diagnosed with a left far lateral disc bulge at level L5-S1. There is no Alphabetic Index entry for disc bulge. Is it appropriate to assume tha...
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When a patient is admitted with diverticulitis of the colon and an intra-abdominal abscess, is code K65.1, Peritoneal abscess, assigned along with code K57.20, Diverticulitis of large intestine wit...
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A patient is admitted with peritonitis likely secondary to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. Is code K65.9, Peritonitis, unspecified, assigned with code K57.20, Diverticulitis of large intestine w...
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