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acute appendicitis with a perforation, peritonitis, or rupture |
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acute appendicitis with a peritoneal abscess |
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Unspecified appendicitis |
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laparoscopic appendectomy |
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incidental appendectomy |
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| abnormal protrusion of an organ through tissue |
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| inguinal hernias are in the _____ area |
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| ventral and incisional hernias are found in the ___________ area |
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| hiatal hernias are found in the___________ area |
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| gastroesophageal junction |
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| The ______ digit for hernias specifies whether they are gangrenous or obstructed. |
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| The ________ digit specifies whether the hernia is unilateral, bilateral, recurrent, or unspecified |
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| What is an obstructed inguinal hernia a result of? |
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| weakness in the inguinal wall |
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Recurrent left-sided incarcerated inguinal hernia |
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| If an inguinal hernia is specified as direct, there is a protrusion directly thorugh the ___________. |
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| If the inguinal hernia is specified as indirect, there is a protrusion through the _________ |
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| portion of the abdominal wall |
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| artificial material like Teflon that is used to repair a recurrent inguinal hernia |
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Patient admitted for indirect right inguinal hernia. Right open repair of indirect inguinal hernia |
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Patient admitted for a bilateral inguinal hernia repair: direct on right and indirect on left. Open bilateral inguinal hernia repair, one direct and one indirect |
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Patient admitted for a repair of an incarcerated right direct inguinal hernia. Right open repair of direc inguinal hernia with mesh |
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The patient is admitted for a recurrent leftdirect inguinal hernia repair. Laparoscopic repair of direct inguinal hernia with mesh |
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| A ventral hernia is coded as a what? |
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| ventral hernia in a preious surgical incision site |
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Recurrent ventral hernia |
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Ventral hernia in previous abdominal surgery site |
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ventral hernia with obstruction |
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Ventral hernia with gangrene |
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Recurrent ventral hernia with obstruction |
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Recurrent ventral hernia with gangrene |
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| T or F: If a physician codes a ventral hernia NOS, it is best to look at operative reports for a previous surgical site incision. |
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Ventral hernia repair without graft or prosthesis |
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Ventral hernia repair with graft or prosthesis |
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Other laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with graft or prosthesis |
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Incisional hernia repair without graft or prosthesis |
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Other open incicional hernia repair wit graft or prosthesis |
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Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with graft or prosthesis |
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| another name for hiatal hernia |
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| stomach protrudes through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm at the gastroesophageal junction |
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laparoscopic repair of hiatal hernia with abdominal approach |
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Hiatal hernia repair with abdominal approach NOS |
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laparoscopic repair of hiatal hernia with thoracic approach |
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other and open repair of hiatal hernia with thoracic approach |
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| Which is coded first: hiatal hernia or reflux esophagitis? Why? |
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| hiatal hernia--it is the cause of the reflux esophatitis |
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| another name for arteriovenous malformations |
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