1) A patient who is 25 weeks 5 days pregnant was seen by her obstetrician in the office for evaluation of her gestational diabetes. Her glucose levels required that she be placed on insulin. Assign the appropriate ICD-10 CM code(s).

 

2) Patient presents to Outpatient Surgery Department with a suspicious skin lesion involving the upper back. Lesion measures 1.8 cm and the margins required to adequately excise the lesion are an additional 0.2 cm from both sides. Pathology comes back as nevus. Assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code(s) and CPT procedure code(s) for the surgeon.

 

3) A ten-year old boy fell while riding his bike in his backyard. He had numerous lacerations and was brought to the ER by his mother. The ER physician obtained a brief HPI, pertinent ROS and pertinent past medical, social & family history. He performed an expanded problem focused examination to verify no concussion. Medical decision making was of low complexity. Physician performed a layered closure of a 4.0 cm laceration of the forehead, a 1.5 cm layered closure of the left external ear and a simple repair of a 2.5 cm laceration of the lip. Assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis code(s) and CPT procedure code(s) 

 

4) Patient presents to the office for treatment of her type 2 DM which is poorly controlled and her end stage CKD that the patient is receiving dialysis for. Assign the appropriate ICD10 code(s) for this visit.

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