Exam 16: Diseases of the Respiratory System

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A patient is admitted from a nursing home with cough and fever.The patient has a history of dysphagia and hemiparesis due to previous cerebral infarction.Sputum cultures reveal Pseudomonas.Discharge Diagnosis: Pneumonia due to aspiration and Pseudomonas bacteria.

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A patient is admitted with SOB.The chest X-ray shows pneumonia with possible empyema formation in the left pleural cavity.A diagnostic thoracentesis of the left pleural cavity is performed to drain the empyema.Cultures are positive for Klebsiella.Discharge Diagnosis: Klebsiella pneumonia with empyema.What codes are applicable?

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A patient is admitted from a nursing home with cough and fever.The patient has a history of dysphagia and hemiparesis of right dominant side due to previous stroke.Sputum cultures reveal Pseudomonas.Patient went into acute respiratory failure after admission.Discharge diagnosis: Pseudomonas pneumonia.

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Patient is admitted with shortness of breath and fever that has been present for 2 to 3 weeks and has gotten progressively worse.CT scan showed evidence of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP).Patient was started on prednisone and discharged when symptoms had resolved.Final Diagnoses: BOOP.

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Asthmatic bronchitis: __________

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Asthmatic bronchitis refers to an underlying asthmatic problem in patients in whom asthma has become so persistent that clinically significant chronic airflow obstruction is present despite antiasthmatic therapy.

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Child was seen in the ER complaining of sore throat.Patient was diagnosed and treated for recurrent acute streptococcal tonsillitis.

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Match the following Z codes to the correct meaning. -History of tobacco use

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Escherichia coli pneumonia: __________

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Match the following conditions with the correct medication/treatment. -Bronchodilators,steroids,oxygen therapy,and antibiotics for an acute infection

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Patient admitted with pneumonia and large right pleural effusion requiring therapeutic thoracentesis of right pleural cavity.

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The correct abbreviation for bronchoalveolar lavage is ____________________.

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Match the following Z codes to the correct meaning. -Personal history of malignant neoplasm-nasal cavities,middle ear,and accessory sinuses

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