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A patient with end stage renal disease is admitted, and during the hospitalization he received hemodialysis on three separate days. In ICD-10-PCS, should the single or multiple duration value be as...
Hemodialysis...
A 39-year-old patient with invasive ductal cancer of the right breast, status post neoadjuvant chemotherapy, underwent modified radical mastectomy of the right breast. During the axillary dissectio...
Each lymph n...
This patient was admitted and an arthroscopic right shoulder thermal capsulorrhaphy performed. What is the root operation for this procedure, repositioning, repair, or other?
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The patient presents for a left open iliofemoral endarterectomy with bovine patch repair. The plaque extended from the femoral bifurcation up to the mid external iliac artery. Since the plaque exte...
The lesion (...
This patient was admitted from acute care to the long-term care hospital (LTCH) with ongoing treatment of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis, chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
The patient ...
A patient comes into a physician practice for a cataract evaluation. The physician determines that the patient has bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts and schedules the patient for surgery at a...
For the enco...
When a patient is seen for a subsequent encounter for an open fracture, and there is no known information regarding the original Gustilo-Anderson classification, what is the appropriate 7th charact...
Yes, it woul...
When coding hospice services (inpatient or outpatient), which sections of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are applicable?
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A four-month-old female infant is seen for a well exam. The mother reports that the baby has had a runny nose for one week. The baby has been fussy, but without fever, cough, vomiting or diarrhea. ...
In this case...
A patient is seen for a well-child exam. He also has viral bronchitis, which was diagnosed during a previous visit, and is still under treatment. Would code Z00.121 or code Z00.129 be assigned in t...
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