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The patient presents for robotic bilateral inguinal hernia repair. The surgeon listed the postoperative diagnosis as bilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene, right-sided hernia i...
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A patient, who has known coronary artery disease (CAD) status post coronary artery intervention with stent insertion, is admitted due to acute non-ST elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Corona...
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A five-year-old female with profound developmental delays and epilepsy has chronic static encephalopathy secondary to epilepsy and epileptic encephalopathy. In the Alphabetic Index, under the main ...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for a major neurocognitive disorder without behavioral disturbance when the underlying etiology is unknown, or not further specified? Depending on how the Al...
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The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is used to help evaluate the acuity of traumatic brain injuries. Therefore, would it be appropriate to report the most severe GCS score if the patient’s score worsens...
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A patient with traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic subdural hemorrhage due to a fall was initially noted to have loss of consciousness (LOC), for approximately 30 minutes at the time of...
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A 50-year-old patient with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease presented after experiencing blurry vision for the past two weeks. The patient was admitted and after work-up, the...
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A patient with a history of T-cell lymphoma of the skin presented due to fever, hypotension and worsening skin lesions. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan was performed which showed multiple...
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A patient with a known history of a carotid body tumor is admitted for surgical treatment of a left infrarenal para-aortic mass consistent with a paraganglioma. During the procedure, an incision wa...
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