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There are consultants advising clients that the pathology reports must be reviewed before assigning a code from category D12, Benign neoplasm of colon, rectum, anus and anal canal, for an outpatien...
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There seems to be a discrepancy in the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification of hepatic flexure of the colon. ICD-10-CM classifies the hepatic flexure to the transverse colon, while the ICD-10-PC...
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Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, Second Quarter 2010, page 3, provided advice to sequence gross hematuria as the principal diagnosis for a patient, who was currently under treatment for prostat...
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A young child, who is status post heart transplant, was found to have bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis in the proximal pulmonary veins. The patient presents for sutureless repair of the stenosis. ...
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A patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) presented for first stage palliation (Norwood procedure) where the outflow from the right ventricle (pulmonary artery) and the outflow from the...
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A three-month-old with multiple congenital anomalies, including bilateral cleft lip and palate with premaxillary segment presents for nasal adhesion repair prior to definitive repair of the cleft. ...
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A 52-year-old female, who is diagnosed with adult thoracolumbar scoliosis, underwent a staged anterior thoracolumbar fusion of T12-S1 one day ago. The patient is now being returned to the operative...
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The Central Office has received several requests for clarification pertaining to the replacement of the patella when performed with a total knee replacement. Is the patella considered part of the k...
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A 9-year-old male patient with gangrene, myelomeningocele with insensate feet, and chronic osteomyelitis of the left foot, underwent Chopart amputation. The midfoot was disarticulated at the talona...
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A patient presented with cancer of the left anterior floor of the mouth and mandible. During a complex reconstruction of the floor of the mouth, ventral tongue and alveolar ridge with flap, the lef...
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