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A patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease underwent an outpatient manometry study. The provider’s impression states, “Manometric evidence of a hiatal hernia with esophagogastric junction o...
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The patient is seen for complete sternal nonunion with pseudoarthrosis of a right lower hemisternotomy following mitral valve repair and Maze procedure. What is the diagnosis code assignment for no...
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A patient is admitted for multiple medical conditions and is status post automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) placement, for ventricular fibrillation. The cardiologist’s docume...
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A patient presents for in vitro fertilization due to infertility caused by a congenital vaginal anomaly. At code Z31.83, Encounter for assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle, there is a no...
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A patient presents to the physician’s office for in vitro fertilization, because of infertility due to polycystic ovarian syndrome. Would an additional code from category N97, Female infertility,...
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A pregnant patient underwent a low transverse cesarean section at 38 weeks due to placenta previa. During the delivery, the provider noted light meconium-stained fluid. The infant had no signs of f...
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A patient was admitted for placement of a Watchman™ left atrial appendage device secondary to a history of chronic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and persistent left atrial appendage (LAA) thromb...
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The patient is a 26-day-old infant who presented due to nasal congestion and inability to feed, and was subsequently diagnosed with pyriform aperture stenosis. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code as...
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The same patient presented to undergo repair of pyriform aperture stenosis. During the procedure, a sublabial incision was made to expose the face of the maxilla. Subperiosteal dissection was taken...
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A patient presented for transbronchial lung biopsy due to hilar lymphadenopathy and mediastinal adenopathy. Transbronchial biopsies of a lesion in the left upper lobe were performed using alligator...
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