Problem
The physician's discharge summary includes the final diagnoses of (i) coronary artery disease, (ii) cholelithiasis, (iii) type II diabetes, (iv) history of pneumonia last year, and (v) status post bunionectomy three months ago.
a) Validate the code assignment for the diagnoses listed.
b) Provide the specific coding guideline(s) you are using for validation.
c) Code the correct code(s) on the 3M encoder and paste below this question.