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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 64-year-old female, who was diagnosed with ampullary adenoma, presents for open standard Whipple procedure. Due to the malignant behavior of this tumor, a diagnostic laparoscopy was performed fir...
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A 77-year-old female presents due to carcinoma of the head of pancreas. The patient had a previous history of cholecystectomy twenty years ago. During surgery, the provider noted that the tumor was...
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A 65-year-old female, who had previously undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy and diagnosed with ampullary adenocarcinoma, presented for a Whipple procedure. During surgery, a midline abdominal i...
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A patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas was admitted for surgery. After removal of the central pancreas, the decision was made to perform a pancreaticogastrostomy. The neck of the p...
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We have been advised by an outside source that we are to assign code B20, Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease, for every patient who is HIV positive and is treated for any condition that is ...
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Current literature states that cryptococcal meningitis is a major HIV-related infection. When a patient who is HIV positive presents due to this condition, is it appropriate to assume a linkage bet...
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A patient with a history of HIV presents with recurrent pneumonia. When a patient has a history of HIV and presents due to recurrent pneumonia, which code is more appropriate, B20 or Z21? Is recurr...
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