A 45 YO male presents to the ED complaining of constant pain in his anal area. The ED physician examined the patient and visualized a fluctuant, tender mass in the anal canal just past the anal orifice. The patient was also found to have a high fever and hypotension and tachycardia. The ED physician diagnosed the patient with sepsis and a perianal abscess. The patient was started on IV fluids and antibiotics and was taken to the OR for I&D of the abscess.  OR note: An incision was made in the mucosa of the anal canal overlying the tender mass and purulent drainage immediately resulted from the incised abscess cavity. Cultures were obtained which came back positive for B. fragilis, an anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium. The abscess cavity was irrigated with sterile saline and left open to drain and heal.  The patient remained in the hospital for several days for continued administration of antibiotics and fluids and monitoring.  Discharge diagnosis: B. fragilis sepsis due to perianal abscess. Principal Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Principal Procedure:

With the use of the ICD-10-PCS codebook, assign the appropriate procedure code(s) to the following scenario.   Diagnostic percutaneous paracentesis for ascites in peritoneal cavity ICD-10-PCS code(s): __________ [BLANK-1]

Choose the correct code(s) assignment for the following scenario using the ICD-10-CM codebook: 47-year-old admitted with a high fever, elevated white count and general malaise. After work-up it was determined that she had sepsis due to enterococcus. She was started on an antibiotic regimen and her condition improved and she was discharged on day 4.

With the use of the ICD-10-PCS codebook, assign the appropriate procedure code(s) to the following scenario. Hysteroscopy with diagnostic D&C ICD-10-PCS code(s): _______ [BLANK-1]

Lipoma of head [BLANK-1]

Pituitary adenoma [BLANK-1]

The patient was admitted to the hospital for a postoperative wound infection.The patient had been discharged from the hospital five days ago, after having colon surgery for ruptured diverticulitis.During this hospital stay, the patient was treated for the wound infection and monitored for the remaining diverticulitis in his colon.Final DX:

Which PCS character defines the general physiological system or anatomical region involved?

Each character in the seven-character PCS code represents a particular aspect of the procedure. The characters are used are – ? Check all that apply. 

When reporting additional diagnoses, a coder should report diagnoses that affect patient care and may include all of the following except __________.