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To what do the notes under a 3 character code apply? - ANSWERAll codes within that category Which volume of the ICD-10 CM contains the tabular and alphabetic index of procedures? - ANSWERICD-10 CM contains diagnoses only. Procedures are coded with ICD-10 PCS What is the standard terminology used to codes medical procedures and services - ANSWERCPT What is the appropriate ICD-10 CM code for right cerebral contusion with 15 minute loss of consciousness, initial encounter - ANSWERS06.311A A patient who had been treated 2 weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis is admitted now for spotting. The sepsis is resolved and she is afebrile. She is treated with aspiration dilation & curettage and products of conception are found. What is the principle diagnosis? - ANSWERMiscarriage An 80 year old female is admitted with fever, lethargy. hypotension, tachycardia, oliguria, and elevated WBC. She has more than 100,000/cc of E.Coli in her urine. The attending physician documents "urosepsis". How should the coder code this case? - ANSWERQuery the physician is the patient has sepsis due to her symptomology A patient is seen in the ER for chest pain. The final diagnosis is listed as "Rule out chest pain versus GERD" What is the appropriate code? - ANSWERR07.9 Chest pain, unspecified A skin lesion is removed from a patients cheek in the office. The physician documents "skin lesion" but before billing the pathology report returns with a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma. How should the coder proceed? - ANSWERCode basal cell carcinoma A patient is admitted with abdominal pain. The principle diagnosis is cholecystitis. The patient has a history of hypertension and diabetes. Which condition would determine the MDC assignment in the DRG system? - ANSWERCholecysitis A patient is admitted with a diagnosis of "sepsis secondary to Staphylcoccus Aureus and abdominal pain secondary to diverticulitis of the colon. What are the appropriate codes? - ANSWERA41.01, K57.92 A patient is admitted through the ER following a fall from a ladder while painting the bathroom in his house. He has contusions of the scalp and face and a displaced open fracture of the anterior wall of the right acetebulum. he fracture site is excisionally debrided and the fracture was reduced by open procedure with internal fixation. What is the correct code assignment? - ANSWERS32.411A, S000.3XA, S00.83XA, W11.XXXA, Y92.012, Y93.E9, Y99.8, 0QS404Z, 0QB40ZZ