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    Wiki Help finding Diagnosis Code?

    Hello! CT - Findings: "There is note made of a 4.1 cm thin-walled simple appearing cyst present within the right-sided pelvis in the region of the right external iliac nodal group that appears separate from the right ovary." My thoughts were: A) N94.89 - Other specified conditions associated...
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    Wiki Diagnosis order

    I am having a hard time trying to understand the pecking order for diagnosis codes that have -use additional code to identify under a chapter then also -use additional code to identify underneath the code you are choosing. For example: Hypertensive diseases (I10-I16) -it says to use additional...
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    Wiki Encounter for pre-op chest x-ray

    Can someone help me wrap my head on this please. Patient is having a chest x-ray to r/o respratory disease before inguinal repair. history CAD, HTN, and s/p CABG. Results: no respiratory disease but positive cardiomegaly. So far I got: Z01.811 Encounter for preprocedural respiratory...
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    Wiki Am I getting this External Cause, Place, Activity, Status

    Can someone tell me what I'm missing here, I have read and read the guidlines but I'm just knocking my head on the wall with this right now for some reason, am I on the right track? Patient involved in an automobile accident where he was the unrestrained driver of a vehicle hit by a minivan on...
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    Wiki ICD-10 coding muscle strain

    If a patient is diagnosed with a muscle strain of the shoulder, do you also code the contusion?
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