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A patient with degenerative osteoarthritis complaining of severe pain and impaired function undergoes a left total hip replacement after getting no relief from conservative treatment including medi...
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A patient undergoes a cemented total hip arthroplasty using using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). How should this be coded?
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A patient with a ventral hernia was prepped and the ports were inserted. As the incarcerated umbilical hernia was reduced into the abdominal cavity a second supraumbilical hernia defect was noted a...
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A 5-year-old patient was seen for an annual physical exam with screening and also received the required vaccinations needed to start kindergarten in the fall. After the islet autoantibody screening...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department after the onset of a seizure with notable clinical symptoms of blood glucose levels less than 54 mg/dL. After a comprehensive workup, the provider dia...
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A 61-year-old patient with metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the liver presented to the emergency department and was admitted due to severe diarrhea. Based on transthoracic echocardiogram (T...
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A patient with Prader-Willi syndrome is seen for a follow-up visit. The provider documented class 2 obesity due to disruption of MC4R pathway, as an additional diagnosis for this patient. What are ...
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A 41-year-old patient was admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa, restrictive type, with a body mass index of 15.4. Would it be appropriate to assign code F50.012, Anorexia nervosa, restricting...
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A 25-year-old patient with anorexia nervosa, binge/purging type, was admitted and it was noted that the patient’s body mass index (BMI) fluctuated during the stay between 15.5, 16.2, and 14.89, r...
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A 20-year-old patient presented with complaints of consuming paper and cardboard. The onset of this behavior occurred approximately 2 months ago. Initially, the patient consumed pieces of cardboard...
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