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A patient was admitted for endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of a large sellar mass with suprasellar extension that was suspicious for craniopharyngioma. Bone was removed up to the anterior port...
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The patient underwent open repair of the ascending aorta and total aortic arch with an extension frozen elephant trunk. During surgery, the ascending aorta and proximal arch were excised and a GORE...
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A patient presents for an annual wellness visit. The provider documented in the assessment, "calcified granuloma of lung." In the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries, the entry for Granuloma, ...
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An 8-year-old patient was admitted with complaints of headache, dizziness, the inability to walk, and emesis. The provider documented that the patient's symptoms were consistent with Epstein-Barr V...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department with a bowel obstruction. Imaging demonstrates a closed loop obstruction of the small bowel with ischemic changes. The patient undergoes explora...
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A patient was transferred to our facility due to onset of quadriparesis following a fall on ground level 2 days earlier. The patient was diagnosed with C2 fracture and central cord syndrome at C3-4...
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A patient was admitted for surgical correction of a left bony Bankart lesion and Hills-Sachs lesion following a recent snowboarding accident. What are the appropriate code assignments for the Banka...
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A patient was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for an acute embolic ischemic left middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke, a left anterior cerebral artery (ACA) stroke with petechial hemorrhag...
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A patient diagnosed with esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) presented for upper endoscopy and Endoflip™ study. What is the correct code assignment for an EGJOO?
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A patient is admitted to our facility for further evaluation of a possible stroke. The provider documented the probable etiology as small vessel disease due to uncontrolled hypertension and new ons...
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