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A Patient Is Admitted with a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

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A patient is admitted with a urinary tract infection (UTI) resulting from E. coli. The patient has an indwelling Foley catheter after recent radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. The coder queries the physician regarding the relationship of the UTI and the Foley catheter, and the physician documents that the UTI is caused by the Foley catheter. The patient is morbidly obese with type 2 diabetes, controlled with insulin. The patient is still under active treatment for the cancer.


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