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A patient with a thoracoabdominal aortic dissection presents for repair. After median sternotomy, the ascending aorta was divided and trimmed down to the sinotubular junction. A Hemishield Dacron g...
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A patient, who has a history of breast cancer and is status post mastectomy, presented for a free abdominal superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) tissue flap reconstruction. Postoperatively...
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A patient post-sternotomy presented with sternal dehiscence and underwent debridement of the sternum with insertion of Sternal Talon® plating. The sternum was debrided with a saw and pectoralis fl...
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A patient who is status post left side mastectomy due to left breast cancer presents for delayed reconstruction. The reconstruction was performed using a left vertical upper gracilis musculocutaneo...
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The patient had previously undergone placement of autograft and homograft due to full thickness burns and is now admitted for failure of the previously placed autograft and homograft. During surger...
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A morbidly obese man presented for surgical repair of a buried penis. The patient underwent escutcheonectomy. At surgery, the penis was degloved to the suspensory ligament. Escutcheonectomy was per...
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The patient is a 65-year-old man, who presents with symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) despite medical therapy, and was referred for redo ablation procedure. A hybrid ablation converge...
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A patient with progressive idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis, spondylosis with foraminal stenosis and rib cage deformity was admitted for spinal fusion surgery. Through a right thoracotomy approac...
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This patient was found to have a large tubulovillous adenoma with focal high-grade dysplasia and presented for a laparoscopic robotic-assisted sigmoid colectomy with primary anastomosis. The proced...
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Should the administration of remdesivir, sarilumab, or tocilizumab be coded each time it is administered during a hospitalization or just coded once?
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