Enter a search term and preview Coding Clinic content here! ?
A patient was admitted with anemia due to chemotherapy. The patient had previously received chemotherapy for primary refractory acute myeloid leukemia now in remission. When a patient with acute my...
Sequence cod...
A patient was diagnosed with smoldering multiple myeloma. A positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan was negative for multiple myeloma disease. The post-discharge plan is foll...
Assign code ...
A 72-year-old presented due to slurred speech, dysarthria and word-finding difficulty. A cerebral angiogram was performed and the patient was diagnosed with a dissecting aneurysm involving the dist...
Assign code ...
A patient was admitted secondary to an acute non-ST elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. During the intervention, the previously placed stent in...
Assign codes...
A patient presented with chest pain and underwent cardiac workup, including coronary angiography. The patient has known coronary artery disease, status post stent placement in the left anterior des...
Assign code ...
The provider diagnosed chronic methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy. Although the patient had a history of methamphetamine abuse in the past, he is no longer abusing the drug and is currently in ...
Assign codes...
The patient presents for treatment of cholesteatoma of the left ear, which is filling the aditus ad antrum, the attic area and extends into the mastoid. When cholesteatoma is present in more than o...
Assign codes...
A patient with a history of congestive heart failure and Stage IV chronic kidney disease presented due to dyspnea, edema and orthopnea. During the patient’s admission, contrast was used for radio...
Assign codes...
A 60-year-old female was diagnosed with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN) secondary to contrast nephropathy. What are the appropriate code assignments for acute kidney i...
Assign codes...
What is the diagnosis code for a stage 3 gluteal cleft pressure ulcer? Are two codes required in order to capture the correct location since the gluteal cleft appears to be between both sides of th...
Assign code ...