Review each of the following medical coding scenarios Assign

Review each of the following medical coding scenarios. Assign the HCPCS code(s) required for each coding scenario.

4. A 26-year-old patient comes to the emergency room complaining of watery diarrhea for five days. She receives 25 mcg of octreotide acetate administered intravenously. What HCPCS code(s) are assigned? HCPCS: ______________________________________

5. A patient is brought to the emergency room after ingesting a bottle of verapamil as a suicide attempt. The physician ordered 10mg of glucagon HCL to be administered as an antidote mixed in 100 ml of D5W in an IV over 2 minutes. What HCPCS code(s) should be assigned? HCPCS: ______________________________________

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Review each of the following medical coding scenarios. Assign the ICD-10-CM codes for the diagnoses indicated in each scenario. Also assign the ICD-10-PCS code if any procedures are performed, unless otherwise indicated.

3. A 52-year-old patient is seen for mouth pain, knee pain, and fluid buildup in the chest. The physician renders a diagnosis of pulp degeneration, old disruption of the posterior cruciate ligament, and pleural effusion. The physician also performed a chest tube insertion (draining the right pleural cavity with a drainage device using a percutaneous approach) prior to diagnosing the patient’s pleural effusion. What diagnosis and procedure code(s) are assigned? ICD-10: __________________________________________

4. A 30-year-old male is admitted to the hospital with lymphadenitis, acute lymphoid leukemia in relapse, and von Willebrand disease. What code(s) are reported? ICD-10: __________________________________________

5. A 47-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle accident. He was driving on the highway when his car collided with another vehicle. He was brought to the hospital with a lower arm injury. The physician obtained an x-ray of the arm and, after careful review and interpretation of the x-ray, rendered a diagnosis of lower arm fracture. The physician repaired the arm fracture using open reduction and internal fixation (reposition of the right radius with internal fixation using a percutaneous endoscopic approach). What diagnosis and procedure code(s) are reported? ICD-10:

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Solution

Ques-4. A 26-year-old patient comes to the emergency room complaining of watery diarrhea for five days. She receives 25 mcg of octreotide acetate administered intravenously. What HCPCS code(s) are assigned? HCPCS: ___

J2354 ----> level I (as per CPT) HCPCS code when injection, of octreotide acetate is given via intravenous injection dosage (25 mcg)

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code ---> R19.7 for watery diarrhea