According to the Application of Cast and Strapping CPT® guidelines, what is reported when an orthopedic provider performs initial fracture care treatment for a closed scaphoid fracture of the wrist, applies a short arm cast, and the patient will be returning for subsequent fracture care?
A patient is diagnosed with diabetic polyneuropathy.Using ICD-10-CM coding guidelines, what ICD-10-CM coding is reported?
An elderly patient comes into the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath. An ECG is performed The final diagnosis at discharge is impending myocardial infarction.According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, how is this reported?
Patient had polyps removed on a previous colonoscopy. The patient returns three months later for a follow-up examination for another colonoscopy. No new polyps are seen.What diagnosis coding is reported for the second colonoscopy?
A patient is diagnosed with sepsis and associated acute respiratory failure.What ICD-10-CM code selection is reported?
The documentation states:He was then sterilely prepped and draped along the flank and abdomen in the usual sterile fashion. I first made a skin incision off the tip of the twelfth rib, extending medially along the banger’s lines of the skin. This was approximately 3.5 cm in length. Once this incision was carried sharply, electrocautery was used to gain access through the external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominis musculature and fascia.What surgical approach was used for this procedure?
