tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2018 Issue 6

Coding Quiz: Test Yourself with Crohn's Surgical Case

Identify diagnosis, too. If your surgeon treats a patient with Crohn's disease who has both a colon perforation and a small intestine stricture, would you know how to code the case? Check out the facts of the situation, then try your hand at procedure and diagnosis coding for the situation: Symptoms: Physician refers to your general surgeon, a patient with diagnosed Crohn's disease. The patient has not been responding to steroid treatment for esophageal stricture, and now exhibits sudden-onset severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and fever. Procedure: Pre-op x-ray identifies that the esophageal stricture has worsened, effectively obstructing the esophagus...

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