AAPC Chapter 5 Review Test (Verified
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According to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting,
Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (O00-O9A), codes in
this range have sequencing priority over what codes? - -Codes from all
other chapters.
What is the definition of a postpartum complication? - -Any
complication occurring within the six-week period after delivery.
What would be considered an adverse effect? - -Rash developing when
taking penicillin.
A patient underwent debridement of the acromion, subacromial bursectomy,
division of the coracoacromial ligament, and an abrasion acromioplasty with
Mitek suture placement for recurrent dislocation of the right shoulder in the
hospital outpatient surgery department. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? -
-M24.411
What type of fracture is considered traumatic? - -Compound fracture
A patient was admitted three weeks following a normal vaginal delivery with a
postpartum breast abscess. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? - -
O91.12
The patient has a mass on his forehead; he says it is from a piece of sheet
metal from an injury to his forehead months ago. He has an X-ray showing a
, AAPC Chapter 5 Review Test (Verified
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foreign body is in the mass. After obtaining consent, the metal fragment
foreign body is removed from the subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM
code(s) is/are reported? - -Z18.10
A 45 year-old mother of three children is going into surgery to correct an
anterior vaginal wall prolapse with an incomplete uterine prolapse. What ICD-
10-CM code is reported? - -N81.2
A woman with a long history of rectocele has perineal scarring from multiple
episiotomies and has developed a rectovaginal fistula with perineal body
relaxation. She has transperineal repair with perineal body reconstruction and
plication of the levator muscles to correct these conditions. What ICD-10-CM
codes are reported? - -N82.3
N90.89
A patient was referred to the radiology department for chronic low back pain.
The radiology report indicated there was no marrow abnormality identified
and the conus medullaris was unremarkable. Additional findings include: L4-
L5: There is a minor diffusely bulging annulus at L4-L5. A small focal disc
bulge is seen in far lateral position on the left at L4-L5 within the neural
foramen. No definite encroachment on the exiting nerve root at this site is
seen. No significant spinal stenosis is identified. L5-S1: There is a diffusely
bulging annulus at L5-S1, with a small focal disc bulge centrally at this level.
There is minor disc desiccation and disc space narrowing at L5-S1. No
significant spinal stenosis is seen at L5-S1. The final diagnosis is minor
degenerative disc disease at L4-L5 and L5-S1, as described. What ICD-10-CM
code(s) is/are reported? - -M51.37
Answers)
According to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting,
Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (O00-O9A), codes in
this range have sequencing priority over what codes? - -Codes from all
other chapters.
What is the definition of a postpartum complication? - -Any
complication occurring within the six-week period after delivery.
What would be considered an adverse effect? - -Rash developing when
taking penicillin.
A patient underwent debridement of the acromion, subacromial bursectomy,
division of the coracoacromial ligament, and an abrasion acromioplasty with
Mitek suture placement for recurrent dislocation of the right shoulder in the
hospital outpatient surgery department. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? -
-M24.411
What type of fracture is considered traumatic? - -Compound fracture
A patient was admitted three weeks following a normal vaginal delivery with a
postpartum breast abscess. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? - -
O91.12
The patient has a mass on his forehead; he says it is from a piece of sheet
metal from an injury to his forehead months ago. He has an X-ray showing a
, AAPC Chapter 5 Review Test (Verified
Answers)
foreign body is in the mass. After obtaining consent, the metal fragment
foreign body is removed from the subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM
code(s) is/are reported? - -Z18.10
A 45 year-old mother of three children is going into surgery to correct an
anterior vaginal wall prolapse with an incomplete uterine prolapse. What ICD-
10-CM code is reported? - -N81.2
A woman with a long history of rectocele has perineal scarring from multiple
episiotomies and has developed a rectovaginal fistula with perineal body
relaxation. She has transperineal repair with perineal body reconstruction and
plication of the levator muscles to correct these conditions. What ICD-10-CM
codes are reported? - -N82.3
N90.89
A patient was referred to the radiology department for chronic low back pain.
The radiology report indicated there was no marrow abnormality identified
and the conus medullaris was unremarkable. Additional findings include: L4-
L5: There is a minor diffusely bulging annulus at L4-L5. A small focal disc
bulge is seen in far lateral position on the left at L4-L5 within the neural
foramen. No definite encroachment on the exiting nerve root at this site is
seen. No significant spinal stenosis is identified. L5-S1: There is a diffusely
bulging annulus at L5-S1, with a small focal disc bulge centrally at this level.
There is minor disc desiccation and disc space narrowing at L5-S1. No
significant spinal stenosis is seen at L5-S1. The final diagnosis is minor
degenerative disc disease at L4-L5 and L5-S1, as described. What ICD-10-CM
code(s) is/are reported? - -M51.37
