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A patient presented for microsurgical hemispherotomy for intractable seizures. During surgery, the incision along the previous suture line was opened. Subcutaneous dissection was carried out down t...
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A patient presented for left frontal lobe resection of residual central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma to reduce tumor burden. At surgery, after incision and previous stitch removal the scalp f...
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A patient, who had been diagnosed with heart failure, dyspnea and severe mitral regurgitation with moderate to severe left ventricular dysfunction and left ventricular ejection fraction, underwent ...
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A patient with pancytopenia underwent percutaneous bone marrow biopsy. A dermatotomy was created on the right thigh. A bone marrow biopsy needle was advanced into the femoral diaphysis just below t...
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A patient presents for associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) due to intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma of the right liver lobe. The procedure is ...
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The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting section I.C.18.e. was revised effective October 1, 2020 to indicate that coma scale codes are to be used only in conjunction with traumatic...
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A patient suffered a traumatic brain injury with severe swelling of the brain due to a motor vehicle accident. The patient was placed in a medically induced coma to protect the brain and minimize t...
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A 63-year-old patient presented to the hospital with abrupt onset of fevers, chills, and muscle weakness. Diagnostic blood work came back positive for Lyme disease co-infected with Ehrlichia, and A...
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A 25-year-old male patient was seen in his physician’s office for a follow up visit. He continues to express feelings of loneliness, sadness, and loss of interest in hobbies that he once enjoyed....
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A patient with cervical disc displacement of C2-C3 presented to their provider’s office due to frequent headaches and neck pain. The patient was diagnosed with cervicogenic headaches (CGH) associ...
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