A 75-year-old female was admitted for chest pain and underwent a diagnostic cardiac catheterization with access via the right radial artery. An acute myocardial infarction was averted by an insertion of two drug-eluting stents. Following the catheterization, the patient developed thrombophlebitis documented as due to the catheter in the right common femoral vein. When coding for the facility encounter, what information needs to be addressed?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the term workforce as it is referred to under HIPAA?

Choose the correct secondary diagnosis code(s) that apply.

Use the following table to answer questions 42 and 43.    Point of Origin Table

A fistulectomy is being performed on a patient with an anorectal fistula that has recurred six months after initial treatment. Is any information missing to assign an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code?

A 55-year-old male was a direct admission to the hospital via ambulance after collapsing at work. A co-worker who happens to be an EMT tended to the patient until the ambulance arrived. What point of origin code would be abstracted for this patient?

A patient comes in for an outpatient EGD with biopsy. While in recovery following the procedure, the patient begins complaining of severe chest pain and is taken to the cardiac catheterization lab. A left heart catheterization with coronary angiography is performed and a stent is inserted into the left circumflex artery. Additionally, an atherectomy of the left anterior descending artery is performed. The patient is placed in observation overnight and discharged the next day. What CPT procedure code(s), sequencing, and modifiers apply?

A single, live newborn delivered vaginally had a dislocated right hip upon birth. Prior to discharge, the newborn began to exhibit yellowing, and jaundice was diagnosed with the infant undergoing phototherapy before going home. The baby had exposure during delivery to the mother’s active group B Strep infection and was determined to have group B Strep colonization that was treated with prophylactic antibiotics. Which of the following conditions will have a POA indicator of N for this infant?

Assignment of an outpatient encounter APC is determined by which of the following?

Medicare considers some procedures “inpatient-only,” meaning they do not reimburse these procedures if they are performed in an outpatient setting. What payment status indicator is used in the OPPS to identify an inpatient-only procedure?