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The Coding Challenge Question: A 16-year-old male is seen in the ED with complaints of pain and difficulty breathing through his nose. He states he was playing basketball at his high school earlier when another player accidentally elbowed him in the mid-face area. After clinical examination, the physician diagnoses a nasal bone fracture. The nose…
The Coding Challenge Question: A patient is seen for an electronic cigarette-related lung injury with cough, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Assign for ICD-10-CM. A. U07.0, R10.84B. U07.0, R05.9, R10.9, R19.7C. U07.0D. U07.0, R10.84, R19.7 Answer: (more…)
The Coding Challenge Question: A 56-year-old morbidly obese female with a BMI of 50 and diabetes had a recent polysomnography. Her husband had witnessed loud snoring and pauses in her breathing during sleep. The sleep study showed an Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) of 6. She is diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. Which of the following ICD-10-CM…
Take the Free ICD-10-CM Coding Challenge below and test your medical coding skills on swimmer’s ear. Then check your answer against the answer and rationale provided. I’m pulling for you!! Not your ear though. I won’t pull your infected ear because that would hurt. š The Coding Challenge Question: A 10-year-old male complains of pain…
A patient is admitted to the hospital with a Type 1 STEMI inolving the right coronary artery. The patient is treated and discharged. Three weeks later, this same patient is admitted with a Type 2 MI and receives treatment. The patient is still being treated for the Type 1 STEMI. Assign the appropriate diagnosis codes….
Coding Challenge A new patient presents for an initial office visit with complaints of moderate pain and swelling of the right ankle. The physician performs a history and examination and documents it in the medical record. The patient is diagnosed with a sprain of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) of the right ankle. The medical…