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What is the appropriate sequencing of the principal diagnosis when a patient is admitted with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome with a related right cerebellar hemangioblastoma? The cerebellar hemangiobla...
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A patient visits the primary care physician for follow-up of hypertension, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease and anemia. Since hypothyroidism is an endocrine disorder, some coding professional...
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Is it appropriate for the coding professional to assume a causal relationship between anemia and chemotherapy, blood loss or other deficiencies based on the subterm "due to" without provider docume...
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A 33-year-old patient presents with right pulsatile tinnitus due to dehiscence of the sigmoid sinus. Computed tomography angiography revealed that the sigmoid sinus had grown through the bone to th...
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This same patient underwent surgical treatment of the sigmoid sinus dehiscence. Right cortical mastoidectomy with sigmoid sinus resurfacing with HydroSet™ cement was performed. At surgery, an inc...
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A patient with an ileocolic anastomosis and diverting loop ileostomy was admitted for high output ileostomy with electrolyte abnormalities. During the admission, anti-motility medications were opti...
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A patient with symptomatic mitral regurgitation underwent placement of the Carillon Mitral Contour System®. During surgery, a sheath was placed in the right internal jugular vein. The Carillon del...
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A four-day-old infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (mitral stenosis, aortic stenosis) underwent midline incision, sternotomy, and subtotal excision of the thymus during a Norwood procedure ...
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A patient, who is status post cystoduodenostomy for acute necrotizing pancreatitis, compatible with walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN), is admitted with abdominal pain and fever. During the uppe...
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A 50-year-old patient, status post intersphincteric proctectomy with colo-perineal anastomosis and pelvic radiation due to rectal cancer, is admitted for surgical treatment of an anal mucosal ectro...
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