Medical Challenges

Free ICD-10-CM Coding Challenge: Swimmer’s Ear
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Free ICD-10-CM Coding Challenge: Swimmer’s Ear

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. šŸ˜‰ The Coding Challenge Question: A 10-year-old male complains of pain…

Coding Challenge – X-ray Imaging and Pain
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Coding Challenge – X-ray Imaging and Pain

Radiology Service Components and Unconfirmed Diagnoses Often when a radiology service is performed, there are two components involved: a technical component and a professional component. When only the technical or professional component is provided, the appropriate modifier needs to be appended to the CPT code to indicate to the payer how that portion of the…

Tick Bites
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Tick Bites

The Coding Challenge Question: A 23-year-old male presents with an engorged tick on his left arm. He has no medical or surgical history and currently shows no symptoms. On examination, a small unidentifiable tick is seen on his left upper arm. There is no sign of a rash. The patient is given a single dose…