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How should COPD, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis be coded?
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A patient diagnosed with emphysema presented with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). How is a final diagnosis of COPD exacerbation with emphysema coded? Both cod...
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The AHA Central Office has received several questions whether sepsis with any acute organ dysfunction is assumed to be linked by the term “with” or if the physician must directly link it with t...
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Please advise which guidelines apply when coding sepsis with organ dysfunction. Should we follow the coding convention “with” and assume a causal relationship? Alternatively, are the chapter sp...
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A 79-year-old male with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented due to acute cellulitis of the left lower leg. The patient was admitted and started on broad-spectrum antibiotics. When assigning the diab...
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Could you please clarify the correct use of the diabetes subentry with “skin complication NEC?” Would the correct application of the entry with skin complication only pertain to provider docume...
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A 71-year-old male with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the Emergency Department with a swollen gangrenous right foot that was diagnosed as gas gangrene. Does the Alphabetic Index subentry fo...
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There appears to be an increase in physicians documenting uncertain diagnoses on the discharge summary that have actually been ruled out. Some physicians are using the concept of “uncertain diagn...
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A patient is admitted for brachytherapy due to cervical cancer. Intrauterine tandem and ovoids are placed and brachytherapy is provided. When coding encounters for brachytherapy, should code Z51.0,...
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A 52-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix presents for her first brachytherapy treatment with intrauterine tandem and ovoid placement. The vagina was prepped and draped, a tand...
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