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An X-ray is performed for pain in the left little finger. This is the initial encounter for this visit. The X-ray report shows a fractured distal phalanx that is dislocated. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

The patient has a left ovarian pregnancy without intrauterine pregnancy. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

Which statement is TRUE regarding the Table of Neoplasms in ICD-10-CM?

CLINICAL SUMMARY: The patient is a 41-year-old female with known coronary disease and recent recurrent chest pain, cardiac catheterization demonstrated subtotal occlusion of the diagonal artery at its takeoff from the left anterior descending artery.PROCEDURE: With informed consent obtained, the patient was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. With the right groin area infiltrated with 2% Xylocaine, the patient was given 2 mg of Versed and 50 mcg Fentanyl intravenously for conscious sedation and pain control. The right femoral artery was cannulated with a modified Seldinger technique and a 6 French catheter sheath placed. A 6 French JL3.5 catheter with no side holes was utilized as a guiding catheter. After the initial guiding picture had been obtained, the patient was given Angiomax per protocol, and a short Cross-it 100 wire was advanced to the LAD and then into the diagonal vessel. A 2.0. 15-mm-long Maverick balloon was used for dilatation of the diagonal artery ostium with inflation pressure up to 8 atmospheres applied. Final angiographic documentation was carried out after the patient received 200 mcg of intracoronary nitroglycerine. The guiding catheter was then pulled, the sheath secured in place. The patient is now being transferred to telemetry for post coronary intervention observation and care.RESULTS: The initial guiding picture of the left coronary system demonstrates the high-grade ostial stenosis of the diagonal artery taking off within the LAD. Following the coronary intervention with balloon angioplasty there is complete resolution of the stenosis with less than 10 percent residual narrowing observed, no evidence for intimal disruption, no intraluminal filling defect, and good antegrade TIMI III flow preserved.CONCLUSION: Successful coronary intervention with balloon angioplasty to the ostial/proximal segment of the second diagonal vessel. What CPT® code is reported?

A 50-year-old female has telangiectasias of the face on both cheeks.  She is very bothered by this and presents to have them destroyed via laser.  The physician lasers one cutaneous vascular lesion on each cheek; each lesion measuring 2 sq cm. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?

A patient undergoes heart surgery for angina decubitus and coronary artery disease (CAD). What ICD-10-CM coding is reported?

Following labor and delivery, the mother developed acute kidney failure. What ICD-10-CM coding is reported?

What is the code for ultrasound evaluation of a fetus and mother, usually performed early in pregnancy (first trimester), to confirm fetal age, set an anticipated delivery date, for qualitative assessment of amniotic fluid volume/gestational sac shape and examination of the maternal uterus and adnexa?

What does IOL stand for?

What diagnosis code(s) should be reported for primary osteoarthritis in both knees?