Enter a search term and preview Coding Clinic content here! ?
Type
We are looking for guidance regarding the reporting of splints under APC’s. Would an aircast qualify for facility coding for splints? Would immobilizers qualify for strappings and are splints con...
Yes, strappi...
This patient had a diagnosis of extensive fourth degree hemorrhoids. The findings revealed large internal thrombosed hemorrhoids. According to the operative report an elliptical incision was made a...
According to...
Would it be appropriate to report cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) code 92950 when a patient suffers a cardiac arrest during a diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure or during a PTCA or co...
A cardiac ar...
We perform sensory testing where the therapists utilize pins to test where the patient has feeling versus paralysis. Test results are generated and filed in the medical record. What would be the ap...
The sensory ...
A patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 complained of weakness, nausea, vomiting and fever. There was a strong smell of ketones on examination, with levels of 3+ on urinalysis and blood glucose at ...
Assign code ...
How should a type 2 NSTEMI due to demand ischemia be coded?
...Assign code ...
What code should be assigned when a patient is readmitted to the hospital with a new type 2 acute myocardial infarction occurring within four weeks of either a previous type 1 or type 2 acute myoca...
Assign code ...
A 75-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus is admitted for treatment of a nonhealing diabetic ulcer of the right ankle with muscle involvement. There is no evidence of necrosis on visual i...
Assign code ...
A patient is diagnosed with lumbar stenosis at L3-4 and L4-5 with severe neurogenic claudication. How should this diagnosis be coded?
...Assign code ...
When coding the diagnosis of breast conditions and the physician documents the location in terms such as positions on a clock, is it appropriate to code to the associated breast quadrant? For examp...
Facilities m...