Exam 7: Outpatient Coding

When a patient returns to the emergency room on the same calendar date, the facility may not code for this service.

Modifier 59 is not utilized in hospital outpatient facility coding.

Assign CPT codes for the following injection/infusion scenario:

In some instances, the assignment of more than one ICD-9-CM procedure code will be required for one surgical procedure.

ICD-10-CM and CPT ​ Assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes and CPT codes for the following: ​ Preoperative diagnosis: Acalculus cholecystitis Postoperative diagnosis: Same ​ ​ Patient brought to the OR and a supraumbilical incision made and the Veress needle introduced followed by laparoscope. Additional instruments and trocars were introduced. The gallbladder was grasped, removed from the liver bed and brought out through the subxyphoid incision. No calculi were noted on the gallbladder during the procedure or pathologically. ​ ​

The repair of a 2.0-cm laceration of the arm, 1.0-cm laceration of the leg, and a .0.5-cm laceration of the abdomen would be assigned how many codes?

ICD-10 Code B20 should be assigned for what conditions?

Services assigned from Revenue Code 401 will require that a CPT/HCPCS code be assigned.

Modifier 51 is not utilized for hospital outpatient facility coding.

When both IV hydration is performed as well as IV infusion of medication, what codes would be assigned?

ICD-9/10-CM procedure codes are required on all outpatient facility claims.

A 2.5-cm malignant nasal lesion was excised with a rotational flap performed for closure. What would be the appropriate coding for this scenario?