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A patient was admitted for an emergency appendectomy due to acute perforated appendicitis. What are the appropriate diagnosis codes?
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A patient undergoes outpatient surgery. A skin lesion of the cheek is surgically removed and submitted to the pathologist for analysis. The surgeon writes on the pathology order, “skin lesion.”...
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A patient presents to the hospital for outpatient x-rays with a diagnosis on the physician’s orders of questionable kidney stone. The abdominal x-ray reveals “bilateral nephrolithiasis with sta...
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A patient undergoes outpatient surgery for removal of a right breast mass. The pre- and post-operative diagnosis is reported as “breast mass.” The pathological diagnosis is fibroadenoma. How sh...
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A referring physician sends a urine specimen to the cytology lab for analysis with a diagnosis of “hematuria” (code R31.9). However, the cytology report, which is authenticated by the pathologi...
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A patient presents to the physician’s office with complaints of urinary frequency and burning. The physician ordered a urinalysis and the findings were positive for bacteria and increased white b...
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The physician refers a patient for chest x-ray to outpatient radiology with a diagnosis of weakness and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The radiology report demonstrated no acute disease and mo...
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A patient presents to the doctor’s office with a complaint of fatigue. The physician orders a complete blood count (CBC). The CBC reveals a low hemoglobin and hematocrit. Should the lab report th...
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