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               A CT study of the lumbar spine (L2–L4) was performed with IV contrast in the hospital outpatient radiology department and the interpretation of the images is performed by the radiologist. What CPT® code(s) should be reported by the radiologist who is not an employee of the hospital?

              An 89-year-old patient who has significant partial opacities in the lens of the left eye presents for phacoemulsification and lens implantation. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

        A patient with AIDS presents for follow up care. An NK (natural killer cell) total count is ordered. What CPT® code(s) is/are 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 final diagnosis for a patient in the ER is COPD with acute bronchitis due to echovirus. How is this diagnosis coded?

                A 59-year-old is suffering from foraminal spinal stenosis. Patient is to have a L4-L5 laminectomy on the right side. Under general anesthesia a knife dissection was made on the back and was taken down to the fascia. The fascia on the right side of the spine was stripped. The deep Taylor retractor was placed. Using an intraoperative X-ray, the physician traced out the foramen of L4-L5. There appeared to be some compression at this lamina into the foramen and significant stenosis. The provider removed the spinous process and lamina. Nerve roots canals are freed by removal of the facet. Compression is relieved by removing bony overgrowth around the foramen. What CPT® code is reported for this procedure?

A patient recently experienced muscle atrophy and noticed she did not have pain when she cut herself on a piece of glass. The provider decides to obtain a needle biopsy of the spinal cord under ultrasound guidance in the outpatient setting. The biopsy results come back as syringomyelia. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported for the biopsy procedure?

                  Which one of the following is TRUE about the tympanic membrane?

                A patient is seen for hypertension. Her blood pressure remains at her goal with the prescribed medication.  When referring to the number and complexity of problems addressed, what type of problem is this considered?

What is the correct ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for a patient with a postoperative diagnosis of a malignant pancreatic mass?