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A woman with a long history of rectocele has perineal scarring from multiple episiotomies and has developed a rectovaginal fistula with perineal body relaxation. She has transperineal repair with perineal body reconstruction and plication of the levator muscles to correct these conditions. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

A 12-year-old male patient has an abscess located at the external auditory meatus. The ENT incises the abscess and packs it to absorb the drainage. What CPT® code is reported?

Most categories in ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes have three main 7th character extenders (with the exception of fractures). What does 7th character D indicate?

A 72-year-old patient is undergoing a corneal transplant. An anesthesiologist is personally performing monitored anesthesia care and lists the physical status as P2. What CPT® coding and modifier(s) are reported for anesthesia?

A patient with type 2 diabetes presents with diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the right eye. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

A pediatrician sees an 8-month-old patient for ear pulling and excessive crying. The infant is diagnosed with bilateral chronic and acute serous otitis media. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

A 52-year-old female is sent to radiology for a lymphangiography of both arms. The patient has swelling in both arms which is suspected to be lymphangitis. She also has a history of breast cancer having had a double mastectomy 5 years ago. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

What should the word AND be interpreted to mean when it appears in a title? 

A patient with hypertension presents to the outpatient hospital radiology department for an ultrasound due to a suspected suspicious mass. The patient’s provider performed an ACTH and a 24-hour urinary free cortisol and short suppression test confirming the diagnosis of Cushing’s disease. The radiology report indicated a 5.5 cm right adrenal mass that appeared well circumscribed and rounded. The final diagnosis indicated Cushing’s disease secondary to a right adrenal tumor. The hypertension is due to the Cushing’s syndrome. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

Which diagnosis below would be considered a combination code?