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The Central Office has received several requests to clarify advice published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter, 2015, page 21, about encephalopathy due to diabetic hypoglycemia. When the ter...
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Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2014, pages 47-48 clarified that when peri-pulmonary vein catheter ablation is performed to treat atrial fibrillation, code 02583ZZ, Destruction of conduction...
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An issue was published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2014 regarding a modified left atrial Maze procedure performed during a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The published advice wa...
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A patient presents to the physician’s office for an annual check-up and is noted to have received the first dose of a two-dose regimen (e.g., Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine, but has not received the s...
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According to the updated guideline B4.1c, if a carotid endarterectomy is performed on a single continuous lesion involving both the common carotid artery and internal carotid artery, the common car...
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The updated ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Guideline B4.1c, pertaining to procedures performed on a continuous section of a tubular body part appears to conflict ...
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A 51-year-old patient with severe protein calorie malnutrition due to extreme anorexia nervosa, binge-eating purging type, is admitted to the hospital for stabilization of her acute medical conditi...
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A 44-year-old presents with a palpable mass in the upper quadrant of the left breast. The patient underwent wide excision of the left breast mass, diagnostic left axillary lymphadenectomy, therapeu...
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The patient is a 38-year-old with a history of left breast malignancy (Her2-negative) status post modified left radical mastectomy, antineoplastic and radiation therapy. She has previously undergon...
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A patient with central nervous system 1a, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is admitted for intrathecal consolidation chemotherapy. Immediately following chemotherapy, per protocol, an en...
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