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Read the mini medical record of the patient’s encounter below. Using your ICD-10-CM codebook, assign and sequence the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes. Post your codes and your rationale.
12.10 INPATIENT HOSPITAL Gender: M Age: 45
Reason for admission: sudden onset of pain and swelling in left
hip, fever Testing: arthrocentesis, blood culture, X-ray
Assessment: bacterial pyogenic arthritis due to Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, likely due to patient’s intravenous drug abuse 3 codes
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ICD-10-Clinical modification is the refinement of 10th revision of the diagnosis codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems which is a medical classification list approved by the World Health Organization and is used in the United states.
M25. 552 - Pain in left hip.
M00. 859 - pyogenic bacterial arthritis.
F19.10 - For IV drug abuse.