Exam 8: Coding Medical and Surgical Procedures

Above-knee amputation, right midshaft femoral region

Removal of mole right upper arm

Nonexcisional debridement of skin-right foot ulcer

Any procedure that affects payment or reimbursement must be reported.

When a diagnostic procedure is performed for the principal diagnosis and a procedure for definitive treatment is performed for a secondary diagnosis, the procedure for diagnostic treatment is the principal procedure.

Change of nephrostomy tube

Removal of drainage device from right pleural cavity, external approach

Heart transplant, cadaver donor with extracorporeal circulation auxiliary during the open-heart surgery

____________________ is the removal of tissue for pathologic exam to establish a precise diagnosis.

Percutaneous repositioning of dislocated atrial pacemaker lead

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Root operation that puts in/puts back or moves some/all of a body part

Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

An obstetric procedure is any procedure performed on a pregnant woman.

Left kidney transplant, cadaver donor

Lysis of small intestinal adhesions, open approach

Bilateral fallopian tubal occlusion with Falope ring device, laparoscopic approach

Open endarterectomy of right internal carotid artery

Open thyroidectomy with removal of the entire right lobe

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Root operation that involves cutting or separation only

Transurethral endoscopic laser ablation of prostate