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chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most of the codes in ICD-10-CM Chapter 13 Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue have site and laterality designations. According to ICD-10-CM guidelines what is considered the site | The site may be the bone, joint or muscle involved. |
| A 27-year-old presents with right-sided thoracic myofascial pain. A 25-gauge 1.5-inch needle on a 10-cc controlled syringe with 0.25% bupivacaine was used. After negative aspiration, 2 cc were injected into each trigger point. A total of four trigger poin | 20553 |
| patient is seen in the same day surgery unit for an arthroscopy to remove some loose bodies in the shoulder area | 29819 |
| n ICD-10-CM, what classification system is used to report open fracture classifications | Gustilo classification for open fractures |
| 56 year-old female presented with a degenerative posteromedial meniscal flap tear of the right knee. | 29881 |
| What ICD-10-CM code is used to report effusion of the right ankle joint | M25.471 |
| A 22-year-old female sustained a dislocation of the right elbow with a medial epicondyle fracture while on vacation | 24565-54-RT, 24605-54-51-RT |
| A patient presents with a healed fracture of the left ankle.Skin was closed in a layered fashion and sterile dressing applied. What CPT® code(s) should be reported | 20680-LT |
| A 27-year-old triathlete is thrown from his bike on a steep downhill ride. He suffered a severely fractured vertebra at C5Anterior Synthes plates are placed across C2-C3, C4-C5, and C5-C6 | 63081, 22554-51, 22846, 22854, 20930 |
| A 31-year-old secretary returns to the office with continued complaints of numbness involving three radial digits of the upper left extremity | 20526, J3301 x 4 |
| 45-year-old patient was sterilely prepped. The wrist joint was injected with Marcaine and epinephrine. | 29847 |
| This 45-year-old male presents to the operating room with a painful mass of the right upper arm. Upon deep dissection, a large mass in the soft tissue of the patient's shoulder was noted. The mass appeared to be benign in nature. With deep blunt dissect | 23075-RT |
| A patient is given Xylocaine, a local anesthetic, by injection in the thigh above the site to be biopsied. A small bore needle is then introduced into the muscle, about 3 inches deep, and a muscle biopsy is taken | 20206 |
| elderly female presented with increasing pain in her left dorsal foot. The eburnated bony surface was then covered utilizing bone wax. The wound was irrigated and closed in layers | 28122-LT, 28090-51-LT |
| A patient presents to the ED with back pain and is diagnosed with a lumbar sprain. What ICD-10-CM code is reported | S33.5XXA |