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The “code, if applicable, any causal condition first” note in the ICD-10-CM tabular lists indicates that this code may be assigned when the causal condition is unknown or not applicable. When the causal condition is known, the code for that condition may be reported as which type of diagnosis?

If a patient undergoes an open biopsy immediately before the definitive surgery for a frozen section, how should this be coded with ICD-10-PCS codes?

A 65-year-old man is admitted due to an acute myocardial infarction. The patient also has coronary artery disease. How should this be coded? (follow the official coding guidelines)

The root operation of resection applies to which of the following?

According to the UHDDS, in order to assign a code for an other diagnosis, documentation must be present that:

A child has second- and third-degree burns of the left lower leg and second- and third-degree burns of the lower back with a total of 16 percent total body surface area (TBSA), 9 percent third-degree. What is the correct code assignment?

This patient was admitted for chemotherapy due to a primary hepatocellular carcinoma of the transplanted liver. What codes are assigned?

Winged horse that leaps out from the Gorgon’s blood after Perseus beheads her

Please show your scratch paper before submitting your exam.

Why is the cult of Dionysus often associated with sparagmos (“tearing apart”) and omophagia (“eating raw flesh”)