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A 14-year-old status post injury over one year ago to her le…

A 14-year-old status post injury over one year ago to her left wrist presented with recurrent wrist pain. The patient was taken to the operating room and placed under general anesthesia. She was placed in wrist traction. The radiocarpal joint was entered endoscopically through sharp skin incisions and blunt dissection into the joint. There was found to be mild synovitis in the dorsal ulnar aspect of the wrist. This was debrided arthroscopically with a shaver. There was a peripheral tear of the triangular fibrocartilage. This area was shaved to promote healing. Using outside-in technique, a PDS suture was placed across the TFCC and into the capsule. There was synovitis within the midcarpal joint, but there was no articular injury. All instruments were removed and the wounds were closed with interrupted nylon sutures. What CPT® code(s) is /are reported?

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A 26-year-old patient presents with headache, neck pain and…

A 26-year-old patient presents with headache, neck pain and fever and is concerned he may have meningitis. The patient was placed in the sitting position and given 0.5 mg Ativan IV. His back was prepped and a 20-gauge needle punctured the spine between L4 and L5 with the return of clear fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid was reviewed and showed no sign of meningitis. What CPT® code is reported?

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A patient is prescribed anticonvulsant medication for her se…

A patient is prescribed anticonvulsant medication for her seizures. She returns to her doctor three days later with nausea and rash from taking the anticonvulsant medication. The provider notes that this is a drug reaction to an anticonvulsant and changes the medication. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

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A patient with type 2 diabetes presents with diabetic macula…

A patient with type 2 diabetes presents with diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the right eye. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

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A provider has ordered de-ironing by therapeutic phlebotomy…

A provider has ordered de-ironing by therapeutic phlebotomy to be performed weekly. The patient is diagnosed with hemochromatosis and therapeutic phlebotomy is used to avoid irreversible tissue damage. One unit of blood is removed weekly. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported for each weekly visit treatment?

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A patient is positioned on the scanning table headfirst with…

A patient is positioned on the scanning table headfirst with arms at the side for an MRI of the thoracic spine and spinal canal. A contrast agent is used to improve the quality of the images. The scan confirms the size and depth of a previously biopsied leiomyosarcoma metastasized to the thoracic spinal cord. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

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The mediastinum contains all of the following except:

The mediastinum contains all of the following except:

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A 27-year-old woman’s regular obstetrician delivers twins by…

A 27-year-old woman’s regular obstetrician delivers twins by cesarean delivery. Both are delivered without complications. Patient will have postpartum care in two weeks. What is/are the CPT® code(s) reported for this service?

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A 70-year-old female presents with a complaint of right knee…

A 70-year-old female presents with a complaint of right knee pain with weight bearing activities. She is also developing pain at rest. She denies any recent injury. There is pain with stair climbing as well as start-up pain. AP, Lateral and Sunrise views of the right knee are ordered and interpreted. They reveal calcification within the vascular structures. There is decreased joint space through the medial compartment where she has near bone-on-bone contact, flattening of the femoral condyles, no fractures noted. The diagnosis is right knee pain secondary to underlying primary localized degenerative arthritis. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

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Patient is a sweet 2 1/2-year-old boy with meatal stenosis….

Patient is a sweet 2 1/2-year-old boy with meatal stenosis. Patient is brought to the operating room and placed supine on the operating room table. After adequate general endotracheal anesthesia was accomplished, he was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. A clamp was placed just inferior ventrally to his stenotic meatus after the dorsal penile block had been administered. We then cut the clamped area to allow for a widely spatulated urethral meatus. Skin edges were approximated and patient was sent to the recovery room in good condition. What CPT® code is reported for this service?

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