1. As a hospital coder , you're asked to speak to a group of health information technology students regrading the development of the international classification of diseases, 10th revision, clinical modification (ICD-10-CM). Discuss the history and role of ICD-10-CMt in relation to coding .
2. Why is Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) important as a coding tool? include its history and components in your discussion.
3. You have two charts for two patients. the first patient is seen for simple drainage of a left finger abscess. the second patient is saying for complicated drainage of a right finger abscess. assign a CPT Code for each condition. in your answer, indicated the difference between a standalone code and a indented code, and how this difference apply to the codes that you assigned.
Part B answer each of the folowing question in one to four sentences.
1. Give four uses for medical codes in today's health care system.
2. Describe the nature and content of a special report, and the circumstances in which it is used in CPT coding .
3. A coder locates a main term that has NOS listed. Explain what NOS represents.
4. Describe the ICD-10-CM Coding guideline for assigning a code for a patient who is admitted to the hospital, but the original treatment plan is not carried out.
5. What are three type of wound repair, and what must be documented to code them?
6. A pregnant patient is diagnosed with an illness related to HIV. what code(S) should be assigned?
7. A patient is diagnosed with nonsuppurative otitis media due to a viral illness. describe the ICD-10-CM guideline for coding this condition.
8. A patient is seen for a fracture of the left tibia with delayed healing. summarize the ICD-10-CM coding guideline for assigning 7th characters for pathology fractures.
9. Explain the role of modifiers in general surgery.
10. A patient undergoes a skin procedure. Describe the procedure that are commonly associated with the integumentary system.