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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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If the provider documents “Patient has HIV” and there is documentation of a condition listed in the HIV-related conditions list, such as pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, is code B20 a...
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A 25-year-old asymptomatic HIV positive patient, who is on antiretroviral therapy, presents to the physician’s office for follow-up care. The patient is asymptomatic, has not been diagnosed with ...
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A patient is admitted after an episode of unresponsiveness secondary to syncope and urinary tract infection (UTI). The focus of treatment was directed at the syncope (CT of the head, cardiac work-u...
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A patient with nausea, vomiting and lightheadedness for one week was admitted due to severe dehydration. He was noted to have acute kidney injury secondary to dehydration and was treated with intra...
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A patient is diagnosed with nosocomial gram-negative bacilli sepsis/blood stream infection, due to a midline catheter. What is the appropriate code assignment for the blood stream infection due to ...
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