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Query: Post operative complications

The attached sample queries were donated Audrey G. Howard, RHIA, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, and Cheryl Manchenton, RN, BSN, 3M Consulting, adapted from the 2012 HCPro Inc., audio conference “Inpatient Postoperative Complications: Resolve Your Facility’s Documentation and Coding Concerns.” 

The document includes case examples and queries for:

  • UTI due to Foley catheter
  • Central line infection
  • Post operative blood loss anemia
  • Intraoperative fracture
  • Post operative respiratory failure
  • Post operative device-related infection
  • Post operative ileus
  • Post operative fever
  • Post operative shock

 

 

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