Week 6
-This question has been re-worded from what appears on the screen. Use this
question: A 7-year-old patient is seen in the OR to have a procedure of a
secondary palatoplasty. The patient's assessment is unilateral cleft palate.
What ICD-10-CM code is reported?
o Q35.9
- An 8-year-old male patient is brought to the ED where he begins to
seize. The ED physician quickly stabilized the patient. What ICD-10-CM
code is reported for
the seizure?
o R56.9
- This initial encounter for a foreign object in the left ear would be reported with
the 7-digit ICD-10-CM code
oT16.2XXA
- A patient mistook their heart medicine for their antibiotic medicine. The
patient was treated in the ED. Which drug toxicity classification would
the coder assign?
oPoisoning
- A chromosomal abnormality is always listed as the principal or first-listed
diagnosis. (HINT: Reference Chapter 17 guidelines)
oFalse, a chromosomal abnormality may be first-listed/principal or
secondary
- A 38-year-old female patient presents to the OR today to have a left breast
implant placed for breast reconstruction for her congenital deformity of the left
breast. What ICD- 10-CM code is reported?
o Q83.9
- A patient with a medically-induced coma is reported with ICD-10-CM code
R40.2440.
HINT: Review coding notations and guidelines.
oFalse, a medically-induced coma is not coded in subcategory R40.2-
-Congenital bowing of the left fibula would be reported with ICD-10-CM code
o Q68.4
- When coding the diagnostic phrase “acute enlarged cervical lymph
nodes,” the main term to reference in the alphabetic index is
oEnlarged
-Office progress note: “Tim is being seen today due to a complaint of painful
urination. This may be caused by stenosis of the urethra.” This case would
be reported with ICD- 10-CM code(s)
.
o R30.9
-Elevated urine levels of indoleacetic acid is reported with ICD-10-CM code
o R82.5
- The proper 7-digit ICD-10-CM code assignment for an ED visit diagnosed as
contusion of the left eyeball would be (The ED is a place for initial
assessment/active treatment.)
oS05.12XA
-ICD-10-CM "code is for use for encounters when a patient has recently
fallen and the reason for the fall is being investigated", per Chapter 18
coding guidelines.
o R29.6
- The S00–S09 code block reports injuries to the throat.
oFalse, the code block does not contain a code for injury to the throat
- The 7-digit ICD-10-CM diagnosis code reported for the initial care/active
