Exam 7: General Coding Guidelines for Other Medical- and Surgical-Related Procedures and Ancillary Procedures

In utero repair of cardiovascular system,laparoscopic approach

In ICD-10-PCS,abortion is defined as the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy.

Radionuclide is the fifth character in the nuclear medicine section.

Mechanical respiratory ventilation longer than 96 hours

Planar bone scan,entire musculoskeletal using Tc-99m

In the mental health section,characters five,six,and seven are for qualifiers that are not specified and always have a value of none.

ECMO,circulatory,continuous

EEG monitoring,external

Immobilization is limiting or preventing motion of a body region.

Irrigation is defined as putting in or on a cleansing substance.

Pheresis is a type of extracorporeal therapy.

Hypnosis is a procedure that can be coded in the mental health section.

Hypothermia procedure is a type of extracorporeal therapy.

Acupuncture can be coded in the other procedures section of ICD-10-PCS.

Irrigation is a root operation that is found in the placement section.

The first character value for a physical rehabilitation or diagnostic audiology procedure is B.

External is the only root operation that can be used in the osteopathic section.

Monitoring is defined as determining the level of physiological or physical function repetitively over a period of time.

PET scan of heart

Transfusion of nonautologous platelets,percutaneous via peripheral vein