Patient has acute appendicitis with peritonitis

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Assign ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for the scenario: The patient has acute appendicitis with peritonitis, localized, and underwent an appendectomy, open. During the procedure, the patient had intraoperative cardiorespiratory arrest. She was successfully cardiopulmonary resuscitated via defibrillation. (hint: Diagnosis: Two. Procedure: Two. Code the appendectomy to "resection," open approach. To code the resuscitation, go to resuscitation > defibrillation.)

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