A patient was admitted for recurrent right epistaxis that did not respond to nasal packing in the Emergency Department. He was status post myocardial infarction seven weeks earlier, with no recurrent symptoms. An EKG was performed to evaluate the status of the MI. The patient also suffered from a deviated nasal septum. Multiple attempts were made to stop the bleeding with more packing but one was successful for more than a few hours. Therefore, anterior and posterior nasal packing along with endoscopic ethmoid artery ligation and endoscopic septoplasty was performed. He was transfused with packed red cells during the admission. Principal Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Code: Question Blank 1 of 8 Secondary Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Code: Question Blank 2 of 8 ICD-10-CM Code: Question Blank 3 of 8 Principal Procedure CPT Code: Question Blank 4 of 8 Secondary Procedure CPT Code: Question Blank 5 of 8 CPT Code: Question Blank 6 of 8 CPT Code: Question Blank 7 of 8 CPT Code: Question Blank 8 of 8
A patient was admitted for recurrent right epistaxis that did not respond to nasal…
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