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         A patient has a cholecystectomy and a soft tissue lipoma removed during the same operative session. Both specimens were sent to pathology in separate containers for gross and microscopic examination by the pathologist. What CPT® code(s) are reported?

What ICD-10-CM code is reported for elevated blood sugar?

A lab test reveals an excessive level of alcohol in the blood. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

               What ICD-10-CM code is reported for mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema?

               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?