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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. This post has been reviewed and updated to reflect the FY 2023 ICD-10-CM coding guidelines. Question: Patient has congestive heart…
Selecting the most specific code for a craniotomy to evacuate a hematoma in CPT comes down to the documentation, where the hematoma is located, and the approach taken to treat it. This post was updated on October 21, 2022. Name That Code! Question: A patient suffers an extradural hematoma in the supratentorial region of the brain,…
In this coding scenario, you will learn one patient’s experience with gender dysphoria and how to assign the correct CPT code for psychotherapy for gender dysphoria based on who was involved in the counseling and how much face-to-face time was spent. Question: Patient with gender dysphoria is seen for psychotherapy today due to feelings of anxiety…
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…