Exam 16: Respiratory System

The term that describes destruction by removing, usually by cutting, is:

Thoracentesis is performed to withdraw fluid from the pleural space for a variety of conditions including:

Catheterization with bronchial brush biopsy. CPT Code: ____________________

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Right pneumothorax POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Same PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Placement of anterior chest tube PROCEDURE: The patient was draped and prepped in the usual manner.The area was infiltrated with 1% lidocaine.A 1-cm incision was made in the second intercostal space about 7 cm to the right of the midline in the anterior chest and a 20-F chest tube was passed.Good tidal volume was confirmed.The chest tube was anchored using 1-0 silk.The area was dressed and the chest tube placed on suction.The patient tolerated the procedure well.Complications-none. CPT Code: ____________________

The physician views the trachea using a bronchoscope placed through an established tracheostomy.The physician examines the conducting airways.The bronchoscope is removed. CPT Code: ____________________

Pleural biopsy by percutaneous needle. CPT Code: ____________________

A chest tube may be used as an indwelling method of draining the accumulated fluid in the pleural space.

Surgical thoracoscopy with pleurodesis. CPT Code: ____________________

Plastic surgery to the nose (primary) without nasal septum involvement. CPT Code: ____________________

The physician removes fluid from the chest cavity by puncturing through the space between the ribs.Using an aspirating needle attached to a syringe, the physician carefully passes the needle over the top of a rib, punctures through the chest tissues, and enters the pleural cavity.With the end of the needle in the chest cavity, the physician withdraws the fluid from the chest cavity by pulling back on the plunger of the syringe. CPT Code: ____________________

Which of the following terms does not describe the nasal turbinates?

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Tracheostomy

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Intubation

Irrigation of the sphenoid sinus. CPT Code: ____________________

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Drainage

A "direct" laryngoscopic procedure means that the physician uses a tongue depressor to hold the tongue down and view the epiglottis with a mirror.

Excision of a cervical tracheal tumor. CPT Code: ____________________

Match each term with the correct phrase below. -Cauterization

Reshaping of the nasal septum to correct airway obstruction. CPT Code: ____________________

Drainage of an abscess in the nose via internal approach. CPT Code: ____________________