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A patient is seen in the rheumatology clinic for inflammatory arthritis. In ICD-10-CM there is no Index entry for inflammatory arthritis. Can code M06.4, Inflammatory polyarthropathy be assigned fo...
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A patient presents for a checkup and is evaluated for inflammatory arthritis of multiple joints. Can code M06.4, Inflammatory polyarthropathy be assigned for a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis w...
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A patient with a left anterior acetabular fracture was admitted for surgical correction of the left ilium. A broken drill tip within the left ilium was noted as a complication in the operative repo...
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A 65-year-old patient was admitted due to a 4 cm right renal mass. The provider diagnosed right renal cell carcinoma. The patient underwent a right robotic radical nephrectomy. The pathology findin...
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The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion...
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A patient was admitted due to lower left quadrant pain. An MRI was performed and the results were concerning for possible osteomyelitis with pubic symphysis joint infection and surrounding bone mar...
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A patient with dumping syndrome presented for a small bowel transection and enteroenterostomy. The patient was taken into the operating room and placed under general anesthesia.
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A patient with basal joint arthritis and instability of the left thumb metacarpophalangeal joint presented for surgical treatment. The patient was appropriately prepped and anesthetized.
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A patient with a cataract presented for phacoemulsification with a posterior chamber intraocular lens placement. Trypan blue dye was instilled into the anterior chamber for better visualization.&nb...
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A patient, one day post-cheek reconstruction for melanoma, presented to the emergency room with significant swelling. A hematoma was identified and multiple attempts were made to decompress it unde...
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