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Evolve Resources for Buck's x + G Ⓒevolve.elsevier.com C12291 jak1169, 1001/content/24819205598/viewt%2Fevolve sevier.comFC. hapter 12 Homework Case 12-1 LOCATION: Outpatent, Hospital PATIENT Brian Orwell ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: Gary Sanchez, MD SURGEON Gary Sanchez, MD PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tardive uinar nerve palsy, left. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tardive ulnar nerve palsy, left PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Release of ulnar nerve and cubital tunnel. ANESTHESIA: General PROCEDURE A curvilinear incision was made over the cubital tunnel. The dissection was taken down to the cubital tunnel. The nerve was localized. It was freed up in the tunnel up to where it enters the fesor carpi ulnaris. Fat was oversewn with 2-0 chromic The wound was approximated with 2-0 plain, and the subcuticular tissue with 4-0 nylon interrupted mattress sutures in the skin. CPT Code(s) ICD-10-CM Code(s) Abstracting Questions: 1 Was the approach at the wrist or the elbow? 2 What is the term for "nerve release"? 3 Does the term tardive meaning "late") affect diagnosis code selection for the ulnar nerve palay? C C