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    Wiki axillary artery ligation for post op hemorrhage

    I have a tricky one i could really use help with. Pt came in thru the ED with 2 massively infected axillofemoral dacron grafts. My surgeon removed both and performed a direct repair of a ruptured axillary artery. A week later the patient started bleeding again, so he did this: Via a new...
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    Wiki Cellulitis

    I don't know if I'm just overthinking this case but can someone please help me! What is the code for Hemorrhagic abdominal wall cellulitis? Thanks in advance!
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    Wiki coding placenta previa

    If the doctor only states in the documentation placenta previa, should placenta previa with hemorrhage be coded?
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    Wiki Help With Dx Code for S/P C-Section, Now with Hemorrhage?

    What is the best diagnosis code to assign for a patient who is s/p c-section now with hemorrhage? She has already been dc'd home and presented elsewhere for the hemorrhage and was transferred back to hospital she delivered in. I looked at the post-procedural complications, but there is nothing...
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    Wiki Status Post C-Section - Now with Hemorrhage???

    What is the best diagnosis code to assign for a patient who is s/p c-section now with hemorrhage? She has already been dc'd home. I looked at the post-procedural complications, but there is nothing in this to specify patient was s/p delivery, c-section, etc. so I was't sure...... Any thoughts...
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    Wiki The most complicated 2-paragraph op report EVER.

    OK, A total hip arthroplasty is being done on a 90 yr old woman (??). During this op, she starts bleeding out. There are no vascular sugeons available (this is a rural hospital and there are unfortunates gaps in the specialist call schedules), so my Doc, who is a General Surgeon, is called in to...
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