1:ICD-9: A patient was brought to the hospital by ambulance after fallen from a ladder while painting his two story house.His wife said that he struck his head and and was unconscious for approximately 20 minutes.On examination,he was found to have an open skull fracture with cerebral lacerations and contusions.The skull fracture was debrided and reduced.He was on the intensive care unit for five days and on the medical floor for five days after that.On day 10,he was discharged in good condition. Code and sequence the appropriate diagnosis and treatment codes for this case.
2: A patient was admitted to University Hospital because of suspected carcinoma of the colon. An exploratory laparotomy was performed, and a large mass was found in the sigmoid colon was resected and closed with an end-to –end anastomosis. The pathology report confirmed adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. Code and sequence the diagnosis and procedure codes for this impatient case.
3: A 16 year old male was fishing and accidently got the fishhook stuck in the back of his hand. After being examined in the emergency room at university hospital, the physician clipped the protruding section of the fishhook and then pulled the hook out of the skin with a hemostat. The wound was irrigated, a dressing was applied, and the patient was discharged home. What are the ICD-9 code and/or CPT procedure codes for this case?
1: A newborn is being held as an inpatient for observation of possible jaundice. What is the range of CPT codes that the physician could use for the initial hospital care and the subsequence hospital care?
2: A patient recently received counselling on whether or not she should terminate her high- risk pregnancy. What V code should be reported?
3: An external cardiac percutaneous ventricular assist device (PVAD) is inserted into a patient. What ICD-9-CM procedure code covers the procedure?
4: A patient was admitted with a fracture of the proximal end of both the tibia and fibula. How should these ICD-9-CM diagnoses be coded?
5: A patient presents with redness, watery discharge, and irritation in the left eye, which appears to be infected. The doctor diagnoses viral conjunctivitis. What is the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for this patient?
6: A 54-year old impatient had a laparoscopic unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.What ICD-9-Cm procedure code should be reported?
7: A 15-year old girl was admitted with bulimia nervosa and obesity. What are the appropriate ICD-9-CM-code diagnosis codes?
8: A patient was brought to the hospital with uncontrolled shaking of the arms and legs. Her spouse reports that the patient was having extreme emotional mood swings a few minutes before the shaking occurred .The doctor diagnoses simple partial seizures. What ICD-9-CM diagnosis code should be reported?
9: Jamie was at a party and drunk until he passed out. A few hours later, his friends took him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with alcohol poisoning. What are the Icd-9-CM codes for this case?
10: A 10-year old girl was riding her bike when she felt something hit her in the left eye. Complaining of extreme pain, the girl had her parents took her to the nearest emergency room. The girl’s eye was irrigated, and a small rock was removed from her conjunctiva with tweezers. What ICD-9-cm and /or cpt procedure codes should be reported?