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A patient presents for a checkup and is evaluated for inflammatory arthritis of multiple joints. Can code M06.4, Inflammatory polyarthropathy be assigned for a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis w...
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A patient with a left anterior acetabular fracture was admitted for surgical correction of the left ilium. A broken drill tip within the left ilium was noted as a complication in the operative repo...
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A 65-year-old patient was admitted due to a 4 cm right renal mass. The provider diagnosed right renal cell carcinoma. The patient underwent a right robotic radical nephrectomy. The pathology findin...
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The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion...
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A patient was admitted due to lower left quadrant pain. An MRI was performed and the results were concerning for possible osteomyelitis with pubic symphysis joint infection and surrounding bone mar...
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A 5-year-old patient was seen for an annual physical exam with screening and also received the required vaccinations needed to start kindergarten in the fall. After the islet autoantibody screening...
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A patient presents to the Emergency Department after the onset of a seizure with notable clinical symptoms of blood glucose levels less than 54 mg/dL. After a comprehensive workup, the provider dia...
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A 61-year-old patient with metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the liver presented to the emergency department and was admitted due to severe diarrhea. Based on transthoracic echocardiogram (T...
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A patient with Prader-Willi syndrome is seen for a follow-up visit. The provider documented class 2 obesity due to disruption of MC4R pathway, as an additional diagnosis for this patient. What are ...
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A 41-year-old patient was admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa, restrictive type, with a body mass index of 15.4. Would it be appropriate to assign code F50.012, Anorexia nervosa, restricting...
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