Exam 26: Complications of Surgical and Medical Care

A patient comes to the hospital with acute appendicitis and is taken to the OR for an open appendectomy.During the course of the surgery,the liver is accidentally lacerated and repaired with sutures.The patient recovers without any ill effects.__________

Displacement of an insulin pump,initial encounter;patient has type 1 DM: __________

Can code Z94.0 and a T86.1- code be used together?

NSTEMI following laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis.Physician documents that the NSTEMI was due to the procedure: __________

Pneumonitis due to organism growing in ventilation (air conditioning)system: __________

What are some examples of procedures resulting in complications that occur during medical care and not during surgery?

Patient had an outpatient ERCP for extraction of a common bile duct stone.The patient developed acute abdominal pain and was admitted to rule out post ERCP pancreatitis. Impression: Post ERCP pancreatitis.

The patient had an embolic cerebrovascular accident and was documented by the surgeon as being a postoperative complication.The patient initially had been admitted for treatment of coronary artery arteriosclerosis with CABG.The patient is taken to the OR for an open three-vessel aorta to coronary artery using greater saphenous vein.The left greater saphenous vein was harvested via percutaneous endoscopic approach.Cardiopulmonary bypass is performed during the surgery.

What does DVT stand for?

Mechanical complication of gastrostomy: __________

Codes for complications may be located in the chapter for specified body sites.

Patient admitted with an abscess due to Streptococcus of abdominal surgical wound,initial encounter.Cultures were positive for Streptococcus.The abscess of the skin was incised and drained.

MATCHING Match each item to one of the following definitions. -The decay of tissue

Codes under subcategory T86 are used ____.

Complications affect only certain body systems.

Patient has subclavian vein thrombosis due to PICC: __________

MATCHING Match each item to one of the following definitions. -Occurs when bony healing is not achieved at the fracture site.

Patient was admitted for an open TAH (removal of uterus and cervix)due to symptomatic fibroids.The physician documented in the operative report that a complication had occurred in which the bladder was accidentally lacerated during the procedure and was repaired with suture.

Patient with decreased visual acuity due to corneal graft rejection.Admitted for cadaver keratoplasty (external)of the left eye with removal of the previous corneal graft

To aspirate means to ____.