[Verified Answer]: Infectious Diseases 4.38

Infectious Diseases 4.38. This is a 35 year-old HIV-positive male with progressive lymphadenopathy and unexplained fevers, night sweats, and chills. Low osmolar CT scan of the chest, abdomen. pelvis, and neck showed extensive lymphadenopathy involving mediastinum and let hilum, paratracheal nodal chains, retroperitoneum, right iliac nodal chains, and right inguinal nodes. There were several areas of atelectasis evident in the right lung. CT guided needle biopsy of an enlarged mediastinal node that was suspicious for tuberculosis. This was accomplished using Visipaque contrast. The node in fact was AFB-positive. The patient was placed on respiratory isolation and serial sputums were obtained. The patient’s sputum contained positive AFB on concentrated specimen. Also, during the hospitalization, the patient complained of swelling in the bilateral lower extremities. Dopplers were negative for DVT. The patient was diagnosed with Thereu osis of intrathoracic, retroperitoneum, and inglinallymph nodes, bubercle bacili found by microscogy. The patient will be referred to the clinic lot management of his HIV disease and assoctated tuberculosis. What codes are assigned? ICD-10-CM Code(s) with POA Indicator and MS-DRG: ICD-10-PCS Code(s):