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An otherwise-healthy 16-year-old student-athlete developed low back pain with no history of acute trauma or significant medical history. Back pain and fever began approximately 4 weeks earlier and increased to a radiating left-sided pain. The patient was initially treated for influenza-like symptoms with oral antibiotics. Symptoms decreased, probably from a dampening of the infection as a result of the antibiotics, but back pain was not completely resolved. An MRI scan was ordered by a consulting orthopedic surgeon for suspicion of hereditary disc disease or infection. The physician reviewed the MRI, which showed abnormal L3 vertebral body uptake, and ordered bloodwork. Laboratory results 48 hours later suggested probable infection, and development of high fever and chills prompted the athlete’s visit to the ED. A diagnosis of osteomyelitis is made, and the patient is admitted emergently for open biopsy, irrigation, and debridement. What is the coding for this case?” M46.36 M46.26 M46.26, M54.5 M46.36, M54.5
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