Exam 22: Fundamental Coding Guidelines

The patient is in the intensive care unit with fluid overload with acute renal failure. He has type 2 DM and sepsis. The patient is sedated and on a ventilator because of respiratory failure. Code the diagnoses only:

Why is it necessary for a medical coder to use a current edition of the AMA CPT manual?

A nonhealing burn should be coded as which type of burn?

Which of the following are true statements concerning acute and chronic conditions and their coding guidelines?

A patient who is suffering from osteosarcoma located above the right knee begins chemotherapy treatment at today's encounter. Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes to be reported for this encounter:

What is a two-digit modifier used for in CPT coding?

A patient returns to the physician's office with flulike symptoms during the postoperative period for an appendectomy performed 1 month ago. Which modifier would need to be appended to today's office visit?

Identify the true statement concerning signs and symptoms:

The patient is admitted for severe anemia due to chemotherapy treatments for metastatic bone cancer. The primary site is the prostate. What are the correct ICD-10-CM codes?

The flow of a practice's revenue, which begins when charges for services, procedures, or supplies are incurred and continues until those charges are paid in full or adjusted off the account is known as the:

A nonhealing burn should be coded as which type of burn?

The patient is admitted for severe anemia due to chemotherapy treatments for metastatic bone cancer. The primary site is the prostate. What are the correct ICD-10-CM codes?

A physician performed a simple mastectomy on both the left and right breasts-19303 mastectomy, simple, complete. Assign the appropriate modifier to be added to 19303 to indicate that both breasts were removed in the same operative session:

Which is an example of a pathologic fracture?

A 67-year-old female patient with stage 5 chronic kidney disease presents today for ongoing dialysis. Choose the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes:

Identify the true statement concerning signs and symptoms:

Many conditions and diseases have "sequelae (late effects)," such as a CVA. How much time must elapse between the incident and the acute symptoms for a residual condition to be coded as a sequela (late effect)?

A nonhealing burn should be coded as which type of burn?

CPT code range 90281-99607 is located in which section of the CPT manual?

Which is an example of a pathologic fracture?