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The patient had previously undergone open reduction internal fixation of a fracture. Three days post-discharge the patient is readmitted due to pain at the fracture site. An x-ray noted improper al...
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When a Rh negative mother delivers at term without complication, and she is administered Rhogam prophylactically during the admission, would code Z31.82, Encounter for Rh incompatibility status, be...
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What is the appropriate code assignment for acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy?
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A patient, status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), is admitted due to significant in-stent restenosis in a previously placed stent in the saphenous vein graft within the distal anastomosis...
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A skin substitute, such as Integra, is an acellular dermal replacement that is described as human-tissue-derived with the cellular DNA material removed. Though nonautologous tissue is used, it is m...
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A patient diagnosed with left buccal intraoral lymphatic malformation, underwent excision of the lesion, and grafting with Oasis® acellular matrix. In ICD-10-PCS, is the appropriate device charact...
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If the above patient underwent placement of an acellular matrix graft that contained a mixture of material, including both synthetic and biologic derived, what would the correct device character be...
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The patient presented with severe lumbar spondylosis. The surgeon accomplished posterior lumbar interbody fusion L3-L4 and L4-L5 using autologous bone graft, discectomy of L3-L4 and L4-L5, packing ...
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A patient is admitted for surgical treatment of herniated nucleus pulposus C7-T1 with impingement on the nerve root, and radiculopathy. She underwent anterior cervical-thoracic spinal fusion, anter...
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