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A provider makes a home care visit to a 63-year-old hemiplegic patient who has been experiencing insomnia for the last two weeks. The patient has been home bound for the last year. The last visit from this provider was four months ago to manage his DM. The physician performs a medically appropriate examination and low MDM. The provider speaks with the spouse about the possibility of placing the patient in a nursing facility. What CPT® code is reported?

Patient is a sweet 2 1/2-year-old boy with meatal stenosis. Patient is brought to the operating room and placed supine on the operating room table. After adequate general endotracheal anesthesia was accomplished, he was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. A clamp was placed just inferior ventrally to his stenotic meatus after the dorsal penile block had been administered. We then cut the clamped area to allow for a widely spatulated urethral meatus. Skin edges were approximated and patient was sent to the recovery room in good condition. What CPT® code is reported for this service?

A 32-year-old who is 21 weeks pregnant (antepartum) presents with vaginal bleeding. She is admitted to the observation unit to rule out a spontaneous abortion. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

What is a dime sized opening in the skull to access the brain called?

Which option is TRUE regarding reporting codes for cytomegaloviral pneumonitis in ICD-10-CM?

The patient was taken to the operating room. The provider everts the upper eyelid and places clamps across the everted undersurface of the upper lid. The tissue distal to the clamps is excised or resected. This tissue includes conjunctiva, tarsus, Muller’s muscle and the distal insertion of the levator aponeurosis. The remaining tissue is reattached and sutured. What CPT® code is reported?

Ten days following a surgical below the knee amputation, the patient sees her provider. The provider notes that the amputation stump is not healing and is infected. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?

What agency maintains and distributes HCPCS Level II codes?

A patient with hydronephrosis has a left nephrostomy and he has agreed to a pyelography (IVP) to rule out a right renal obstruction. The patient was placed prone on the X-ray table one hour after IV infusion of contrast. Contrast flowed from the left and right renal pelvis, down the ureters into the bladder where a Foley catheter was positioned. The IVP showed no obstruction or abnormalities in the urinary tract aside from the left hydronephrosis of the pelvis. The right kidney and ureter showed no obstruction. Bladder appeared within normal limits. What CPT® code is reported for the radiological services?

A physician supervises a patient during a cardiac stress test performed at the hospital and writes the interpretation and report. What CPT® coding is reported for the physician NOT employed by the hospital?