The patient is a 38-year-old male with bipolar disorder and…
The patient is a 38-year-old male with bipolar disorder and PTSD. The patient has a long-standing history of hypertension and a long-standing history of cigarette smoking and using chewing tobacco. He fell and sustained a type I compound fracture of the neck of his right femur yesterday, and the patient was seen and admitted yesterday. Today, the patient was taken to the operating room, where an open reduction and internal fixation of the fracture of the right femur was performed. NOTE: This is worded as a long-standing history of hypertension and using chewing tobacco. It does NOT say “a long-standing PAST history of….” Principal Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Diagnosis:
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The patient is a 59 YO female who is admitted to the hospital after complaining of weakness and for her next cycle of chemotherapy. She has a primary malignancy of the transverse colon. On admission, blood work performed indicated severe anemia. The oncologist documentated that the anemia was associated with a malignancy. Chemotherapy was cancelled. The patient received a transfusion via a peripheral vein of nonautologous packed red blood cells and was discharged. Principal Diagnosis: Secondary Diagnosis: Principal Procedure: Secondary Procedure: If there are extra blanks, you must enter the word none.
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Assign diagnosis codes for the following scenario: The patient is admitted with cerebral infarction due to stenosis of the left anterior cerebral artery with ataxia and dysphasia. The number of blanks may or may not represent the number of required codes. Be sure to enter the word none in the blank if no code is required. Coder tip: If the code has a red plus sign in front of it, it is not a complete code. Principal diagnosis: Other diagnoses:
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