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A 63-year-old came into the emergency department (ED) with severe shortness of breath and goes into respiratory failure. He was intubated and admitted for acute respiratory failure. Chest X-ray shows he has pleural effusion. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

What is the diagnosis code(s) for a patient with bronchitis and the flu?

What is the correct code for a radical maxillary sinusotomy?

What ICD-10-CM code is reported for bilateral chronic otitis media with effusion?

The patient has a significant visual impairment (category 2) due to astigmatism in the left eye. It is corrected with glasses. The right eye has normal vision. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

What ICD-10-CM code is reported for a female with personal history of malignant neoplasm of the breast?

A patient with a diagnosis of chronic sphenoidal sinusitis undergoes a bilateral sinusotomy. While the provider examines the diseased sphenoid sinus, she takes a biopsy of the sphenoidal masses and removes the mucosa with several polyps. Transseptal sutures are placed and the intraoral incision is closed in a single layer. The nose is packed and external nasal dressings are placed. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

A 55-year-old woman visits the clinic complaining of chronic lower back pain. The physician diagnoses her with lumbar spondylosis and suggests osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) to alleviate her pain and increase mobility. The osteopathic physician manipulates the lumbar and sacral regions during the session. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported for the OMT?

A provider performed an aspiration via thoracentesis on a patient in observation status in the hospital. The patient has advanced right lung cancer that has metastasized to the pleura with malignant pleural effusion. Later the same day, due to continued accumulation of fluid, the patient was returned to the procedure room and the same provider performed a repeat thoracentesis. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?

The patient has a mass on his forehead; he says it is from a piece of sheet metal from a laceration to his forehead months ago. He has an X-ray showing a foreign body is in the mass. After obtaining consent, the metal fragment foreign body is removed from the subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?