Exam 24: Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

For category S52, the 7th character K reports _____.

Office note records: "Patient was examined for the first time and found to have a sprain of the superior tibiofibular joint and ligament of the right knee." This would be reported with code _____.

Medial means _____.

Which of the following is a fracture in which the bone is pressed on itself?

Partial thickness burns are also known as _____.

When the reason for the admission is for treatment of external multiple burns, sequence first the code that reflects the burn of the largest size.

Patient was brought to the ED with a crushing injury of the face. This is reported with code _____.

Upon an initial visit, a diagnosis of "contusion of trachea" was recorded in the patient's record. This would be reported with code _____.

A traumatic rupture of the symphysis pubis is reported with code S33.9xxD.

Chapter 19 of ICD-10-CM contains secondary codes that are used to report the external causes of morbidity.

Which of the following categories reports contusions of elbow?

Multiple fractures are sequenced in accordance with the severity of the fracture.

Subsequent treatment for superficial frostbite of the neck is reported with code ____________________.

Molly presents to the emergency department with pain on her left side around her hip and back. After examination and diagnostic imaging, it is concluded that she has a sprain of the sacroiliac joint. The code(s) for this case is ____________________.

This patient returns to the office today to follow up on a Torus fracture of the upper end of the right tibia. An X-ray was taken and there is nonunion of the fracture. This would be reported with code _____.

Office note: "This 3-year-old was brought to the office by his mother, who reports that the child has been pulling on his right ear and saying 'It hurts.' Examination of the ears shows that there are no findings in the left ear; however, there is a foreign object in the right ear." This encounter would be reported with code(s) ____________________.

An initial encounter for an open bite of the left forearm is reported with code _____.

Abrasion of the nose, initial care, is reported with code ____________________.

Necrosis of burned skin should be coded as a nonhealed burn.

Fractures are coded using the appropriate 7th-character extension for subsequent care for encounters after the patient has completed active treatment of the fracture and is receiving routine care for the fracture during the healing or recovery phase.