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Jane Moore was admitted to the ambulatory care unit of the hospital for a planned cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Sh

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:11 pm
by answerhappygod
Jane Moore was admitted to the ambulatory care unit of the hospital for a planned cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Shortly before surgery, Jane developed tachycardia, and the surgery was canceled. After a thorough workup for the tachycardia, Jane was discharged. This outpatient admission should be coded in the following sequence:

A. V code for canceled surgery, tachycardia, cholelithiasis.
B. tachycardia, V code for canceled surgery, cholelithiasis.
C. cholelithiasis, V code for canceled surgery.
D. cholelithiasis, V code for canceled surgery, tachycardia.