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An 84-year-old patient was admitted to our long-term care hospital (LTCH) for posttraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and subdural hematoma. She was treated medically at an acute care facility and wa...
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Surgical treatment is provided in the Official Coding Guidelines as an example of active treatment for the selection of the 7th character for initial encounter for codes in Chapter 19. If a patient...
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The patient presents for surgical treatment of a malunion of a fracture of the humeral greater tuberosity. This is the first time the malunion is being surgically treated, and the patient did not d...
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The patient had previously undergone open reduction internal fixation of a fracture. Three days post-discharge the patient is readmitted due to pain at the fracture site. An x-ray noted improper al...
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When a Rh negative mother delivers at term without complication, and she is administered Rhogam prophylactically during the admission, would code Z31.82, Encounter for Rh incompatibility status, be...
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The patient had multiple drug-eluting stents placed percutaneously in three distinct lesions occurring in three separate coronary arteries: the first diagonal (D1) branch of the left anterior desce...
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A patient had one long mid-to-distal lesion in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, which was treated percutaneously with two drug-eluting stents. What is the appropriate body part v...
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The patient had a lesion in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery that was treated percutaneously with one drug-eluting stent and a lesion in the distal LAD artery that was treated wit...
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This patient had a lesion within the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery that extended into a branch artery of the LAD at the bifurcation and two drug-eluting stents were placed percutan...
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