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What is the IDC-9-CM code for a patient admitted for dehiscence of abdominal incision?
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What are the surgical steps in correcting intussusception?
Surgical correction of an intussusception is done with the patient under general anesthesia. The surgeon usually enters the abdominal cavity by way of a laparotomy, a large incision made through the abdominal wall. The intestines.
Do we use given or made before word incision in a sentence?
The surgeon made an incision in the patient's abdomen.
What position is patient in using mcburneys incision?
supine
How is an open adrenalectomy done?
The surgeon may operate from any of four directions, depending on the exact problem and the patient's body type. In the anterior approach, the surgeon cuts into the abdominal wall. Usually the incision will be horizontal.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
A nursing diagnosis is a current or potential problem that the patient has that the nurse can diagnose and treat for the most part independently. For example pain is a nursing diagnosis that may be related to an abdominal incision. The nurse can then come up with a care plan to reduce the patient's pain by repositioning, or having the patient listen to music to relax.
What is difference between in patient and admitted patient?
A patient is someone who comes for a check up and leaves the hospital.An admitted one is who has to stay in the hospital ward for care or further treatment.
How is a patient positioned for a colpotomy?
The patient is placed in a supine position on the operating table with her legs in stirrups and the incision site is prepared.
Where does the surgeon make his first incision during an otoplasty?
After the patient has been anesthetized, the surgeon makes an incision behind the ear in the fold of skin where the ear meets the head.
What is the procedure for abdominal cerclage?
The patient will usually receive regional (epidural or spinal) anesthesia during the procedure, although general anesthesia is sometimes used. Then usually either the McDonald or Shirodkar technique is used.
What is emergency hospitalization?
In emergency hospitalization the patient is admitted to the hospital in an emergency situations e.g serve abdominal pain, heart attack, accident etc. In such case the insurance company should be intimated within 48 hours of admission to hospitalization.
What is the purpose of using an antiseptic on a patient prior to surgery?
To prevent bacteria from the skin getting into the incision.
What is the cpt code for biopsy of kidney with percutaneous incision by trocar for a patient with a diagnosis of microalbuminuria?
50200
