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A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted for placement of endobronchial valves into the left lower lobe bronchus. The scope was advanced and bronchial valves were placed in...
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ICD-10-PCS Guideline B3.10c on Fusion Procedures of the Spine advises how to code combinations of devices and materials that are used for fusion of a vertebral joint. However, there is confusion re...
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The patient was diagnosed with acute ischemia of the ascending colon due to mesenteric vein thrombosis, which was attributed to Antithrombin III deficiency. The Index to Diseases references code I8...
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A patient was diagnosed with pyuria and started on antibiotics; however when the urine cultures returned negative, antibiotics were discontinued. The physician’s final diagnostic statement listed...
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A patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 complained of weakness, nausea, vomiting and fever. There was a strong smell of ketones on examination, with levels of 3+ on urinalysis and blood glucose at ...
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How should a type 2 NSTEMI due to demand ischemia be coded?
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What code should be assigned when a patient is readmitted to the hospital with a new type 2 acute myocardial infarction occurring within four weeks of either a previous type 1 or type 2 acute myoca...
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A 75-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus is admitted for treatment of a nonhealing diabetic ulcer of the right ankle with muscle involvement. There is no evidence of necrosis on visual i...
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A patient is diagnosed with lumbar stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 with severe neurogenic claudication. How should this diagnosis be coded?
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