It means they had heart surgery recently. Maybe a heart bypass for clogged arteries or a valve replacement, ect.
It means that a functioning pacemaker is in place.
V45.01
427.81
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427.81
Status Post (S/P):"After." Designated someone who has had a significant procedure or event happen."The patient is S/P hysterectomy."Status post indicates that the phrase that follows is something that happened to the patient before. For instance, a patient who had heart surgery may be s/p CABG (status post bypass surgery).
He has completed his surgery and is now in the recovery room. That means his status is post-operative.
V45.86 Otherpostprocedural status: Bariatric surgery status
The whipple procedure is a surgery for the treatment of pancreatic cancers. The icd 9 code for status post whipple is 52.7.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery was created in 1986.
Cardiac nurses care for patients with heart problems. Some of their job duties are performing stress tests, performing electrocardiograms, and post-operative care for patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.
The ICD-9 code for status post thyroidectomy depends on a number of factors including if the patient has cancer or just nodules. For hypothyroidism, post-surgery, the code is 244.0.