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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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A patient with a history of abdominal surgeries presented with a subcutaneous pocket with a sinus tract and hypertrophic granulation tissue at the 3 o’clock position, as well as a small suture gr...
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A patient presents for a left knee medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction with allograft, open autograft osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) fixation, and matrix-induced autologous chondr...
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A patient was admitted following six pseudoseizures within 48 hours. The provider’s f inal diagnostic statement recorded “Seizure due to non-epileptic pseudoseizures.” What is the appropriate...
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A patient was admitted following six pseudoseizures within 48 hours. The provider’s final diagnostic statement recorded “Seizure due to non-epileptic pseudoseizures.” What is the appropriate ...
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A patient with a history of seizures was admitted to the hospital after being found passed out in the street, due to a syncopal episode and possible seizure activity. The provider listed the final ...
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What is the correct code assignment for pseudoseizure when there is no documentation of conversion disorder?
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A 78-year-old patient is diagnosed with bilateral internal carotid artery disease that is not specified as due to occlusion or stenosis. What is the correct code assignment for carotid artery disea...
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