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Wiki Cerebral Thrombosis

Thread starter kimlanunziata
Start date Mar 26, 2013

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kimlanunziata

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Mar 26, 2013

I am finding conflicting information regarding the scenario below. What would you code?

A patient was admitted to the hospital with hemiplegia and aphasia. The hemiplegia and aphasia were resolved before discharge and the patient was diagnosed with cerebral thrombosis. What is the correct coding and sequencing?

A) hemiplegia; aphasia
B) cerebral thrombosis; hemiplegia; aphasia
C) cerebral thrombosis
D) hemiplegia; aphasia; cerebral thrombosis

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