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A 59-year-old patient with a history of aortic valve stenosis, status post bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, is admitted due to persistent fatigue, chills, night sweats, and abnormal labs. Ca...
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A patient with known coronary artery disease (CAD) who is status post coronary artery intervention with multiple stent insertions, was admitted due to an acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarctio...
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A patient was diagnosed with streptococcus viridans bacteremia and endocarditis of a transplanted aortic valve. Codes T82.6XXA, Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis, ...
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A patient with a history of prior cesarean section was admitted for a trial of labor at 38-weeks of gestation. Due to failure to progress and fetal intolerance of labor, the patient had a repeat ce...
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A patient underwent a repeat low transverse cesarean section. During surgery, a large right Bartholin’s abscess was drained and marsupialized. It appears that an additional code should be reporte...
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A critically ill premature newborn was delivered at 23 weeks of gestation and diagnosed with jaundice. Phototherapy was provided and bilirubin levels were monitored. Is it appropriate to assign cod...
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A five-year-old patient with sickle cell disease was admitted due to acute onset abdominal pain. The patient was diagnosed with splenic sequestration crisis and functional asplenia due to sickle ce...
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A 30-year-old patient, who is status post left anterior cruciate ligament repair with graft and meniscus root repair, presented for a follow up examination. An MRI was performed and bulky arthrofib...
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A patient presented to the hospital for surgical resection of an epidural lipomatosis at level L2-L3. What is the appropriate code assignment for an epidural lipomatosis at the L2-L3 region?
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A patient presents with acute kidney injury (AKI) likely secondary to hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) secondary to metastatic breast cancer to the liver. Would AKI and HRS be reported separately or is A...
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