A patient in your nursing home, with a history of a stroke h…
A patient in your nursing home, with a history of a stroke has developed pneumonia several times over the past year. The health care provider has placed an order for the Speech Therapist to evaluate the patient. What is the purpose of the speech therapist evaluation?
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Inpatient admission: The patient, status post cadaveric renal and pancreas transplants with type 2 diabetes and diabetic peripheral angiopathy, had a nonhealing ulcer on his left heel with muscle necrosis that had been debrided three weeks earlier. He came to the ER complaining of a three day history of left foot pain, fever, and foul smelling discharge from the ulcer. He was admitted, and a left below the knee amputation of the lower leg at the distal portion of the tibia and fibula was performed. Discharge diagnosis: Diabetic gangrene of the left foot. Code BOTH ICD10CM and ICD10PCS codes
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