The following coding case scenarios are excerpted from JustCoding’s Guide to Emergency Department Coding by Nena Scott, PhD, MSEd, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, and William L. Malm, ND, RN, CRCR, CMAS, managing director at Health Revenue Integrity Services in Cleveland, Ohio, and Melbourne, Australia.
The following coding case scenarios were reviewed during the HCPro webinar, Strategies for Successful CPT Coding of Lower Extremity Interventional Radiology. This program provides a comprehensive overview of coding and reporting rules for common catheter-based interventions performed in the lower-extremity arteries and veins, such as angioplasty, atherectomy, thrombolysis, thrombectomy, and stent placement.
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This tip sheet originally appeared on on the ACDIS website and was submitted by Nick Stultz, RN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
This sample has been reviewed and approved by ACDIS' Forms & Tools Library Committee. The committee recommends that, should you choose to use this sample, you adapt it to your particular programmatic needs, EHR system requirements, and organizational diagnostic criteria. Additionally, the committee would like to recommend that those adapting this sample for their own use remember that “in the setting of” does not always establish a cause and effect relationship. More specific language may be necessary to adequately link two conditions. For more information on this topic, click here.
The following crossword puzzle includes CPT codes for musculoskeletal procedures. The clues used to determine the correct answers are the CPT code descriptors.
The following is a crossword puzzle consisting of CPT codes for respiratory procedures. The clues are code descriptions and the answers are the applicable CPT codes. See how fast you can fill this out!
