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A patient presents for the insertion of Prokera® bilaterally due to a diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca oculus uterque (OU). The Index lists the default code as M35.0, Sjogren syndrome, with...
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A patient presented to the emergency department for left-sided chest pain and scalp laceration due to a fall. The provider documented rib pain due to fall in the final impression. Rib pain indexes ...
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A 66-year-old patient with advanced bladder cancer underwent laparoscopic radical cystectomy, along with formation of an orthotopic neobladder. During surgery, a 55 cm segment of small bowel was se...
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A patient was admitted for an emergent exploratory laparotomy. The surgeon performed a resection of the necrotic small bowel with a temporary abdominal closure. Two days postoperatively, the patien...
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A patient presented for an L3-L4 anterior lumbar interbody fusion via lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach. The patient was placed in the prone position in anticipation of a single-position ...
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A patient with severe pectus excavatum was taken to the operating room for a bilateral Nuss procedure with thoracic nerve cryoablation. Access was gained to the interspace area for two bar placemen...
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A patient with a possible sphenoid mass presented for endoscopic nasal surgery and was found to have allergic fungal sinusitis with significant skull base erosion. At the conclusion of the procedur...
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A patient with aortic valve stenosis was admitted for a valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). When the new valve was deployed it was severely constrained. A balloon was inse...
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A patient experiences respiratory difficulty and subcutaneous emphysema following a tracheostomy and undergoes tracheostomy revision. At surgery, a tracheoscopy reveals a low-lying larynx and deep ...
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A patient with recurring sigmoid diverticulitis presented for a hand-assisted laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy with colorectal anastomosis. The procedure was initiated by making a transverse incision...
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