Adult Patient Is Admitted for Gastric Banding Procedure for Treatment

question 23

Multiple Choice

Adult patient is admitted for gastric banding procedure for treatment of morbid obesity.Patient has been obese most of her adult life and has failed all attempts at supervised diet;she has a BMI of 41.3.Patient has a family history of diabetes.She hopes to see improvement in her type 2 diabetes,with expected weight loss for bariatric surgery.Patient undergoes a laparoscopic bypass with Roux-en-Y limb to jejunum and is put on the bariatric diet,which she tolerates without difficulty.She is discharged in satisfactory condition.Discharge Diagnosis: Morbid obesity.Diabetes.Procedure: Laparoscopic gastric bypass.

• A)E66.01,E13.9,Z68.41,Z83.3,0D164ZA
• B)E66.8,E11.9,Z68.41,0D160ZA
• C)E66.1,E11.8,Z68.41,Z83.3,0D168ZA
• D)E66.01,E11.9,Z68.41,Z83.3,0D164ZA

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