No Bones About It!
This bone is located on the lower back side of the skull.
What is the Occipital bone?
This coding note indicates that certain codes CANNOT be coded together.
What is the Excludes1 Note?
This code is used when a patient is diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI).
What is N39.0?
This task should be assigned if the mileage does not match between the clinical and the dispatch.
What is the Verify Mileage task?
This bone is often referred to as the "collar bone".
What is the Clavicle?
True or False: Patient is admitted for trauma services and the Medical History shows the patient has HIV, should the patient's HIV positive status be coded?
True
This code is used when a patient is complaining of "flank" pain.
What is R10.9?
This task should be assigned if there is not enough documentation to support the use of an ambulance for transport.
What is a Compliance Review task?
This bone is also called the "knee cap".
What is the Patella?
This is the type of Diabetes Mellitus that should be assigned if the provided documentation does not specify.
What is Type 2?
This code is used when a patient is diagnosed with an aortic arch dissection.
What is I71.011?
This task should be assigned if the documentation indicates the patient is returning to their nursing home following a procedure at the hospital. Primary payer is Medicare Part B.
What is the Inpatient Review task?
This group of bones are located in the hand.
What are the Metacarpals?
This type of drug toxicity should be assigned if a patient has a reaction to a prescribed medication that was taken correctly.
What is an Adverse Effect?
This code is used when a patient is discharged home and has right sided hemiplegia due to a stroke.
What is I69.351?
This task should be assigned if doing CAF and the CAF Matrix indicates there are non-covered miles. The documentation does not state a reason for bypassing a closer facility.
What is the Information Request from Facility task?
This is the large protrusion located on the outer edge of the upper Femur.
What is the Greater Trochanter?
This is the 7th character used to describe the type of encounter in the following scenario.
Patient sustains a minor laceration to the forearm due to a fall. Patient goes to the ER. Laceration is cleaned and bandaged (no sutures required) and discharged home. Patient returns 2 days later due to increased pain, swelling, and bleeding.
What is A, initial encounter?
This Cause of Injury (COI) is used when a patient is shot with a handgun by a friend. No further information is provided in the documentation.
What is W32.0XXA?
This task should be assigned in 405 if a patient refuses treatment and transport. Payer is WV Medicaid.
What is None? This is a non-billable account.