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Depression can be a big problem in not only adults but in children and adolescents as well. This coding scenario involves assigning the appropriate codes for depression with anxiety and thoughts of suicide in ICD-10. Name That Code Question: A 16-year-old male, who has been seeing his physician for anxiety and depression for the past…
Name That Code Question: A 47-year-old female patient sees her physician with complaints of left ear pain. The patient was seen for a urinary tract infection three months ago that has resolved. The physician diagnoses the ear pain today as acute otitis media of the left ear and prescribes a five-day course of amoxicillin. The…
If you understand the ICD-10-CM coding guidelines involving causal relationships and the word “with” in the Alphabetic Index of the ICD-10-CM coding manual, coding for hypertension and heart disease in ICD-10-CM should not be difficult. Question: Patient has congestive heart failure due to hypertension. Assign the ICD-10-CM code(s). Answer: I11.0, I50.9 Hypertension and Heart Disease Hypertension…
Question: A patient has hypertension, chronic kidney disease, renal failure, and is currently on dialysis. Patient is a former smoker who quit 3 years ago. Assign the ICD-10-CM codes. Answer: (more…)
ICD-10 coding for HIV and AIDS begins with knowing what to look for in the documentation and the coding guidelines and sequencing rules. Try your skill on this Name That Code! practice exercise and then compare your answer to the one provided. Name That Code! Question: Patient is diagnosed with symptomatic HIV. What ICD-10-CM code…
This post has been updated to reflect the FY 2022 coding guidelines. Name That Code! Question: A 67-year-old male patient with primary prostate cancer with metastasis to the left lung presents for a wedge resection of the lung. Assign the ICD-10-CM code(s). Answer: Once you have assigned the code(s), read the information below. The answer is…