A male patient presents to the ED with acute renal failure. He is also being treated for
hypertension.
A. I12.9, N17.9 C. N17.9, I12.9
B. N17.9, I15.9 D. N17.9, I10
Question 2
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requires all code sets to be valid at the time services are provided. This means that ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS midyear and end-of-year coding updates must be implemented immediately so accurate codes are reported on claims. Midyear updates are implemented on __________, while end-of-year updates are implemented on __________.
a. April 1; October 1
b. August 1; February 1
c. July 1; January 1
d. June 1; December 1
Patient education
Stereotaxic Surgery on a Human Patient
A physical therapist helping the patient on parallel bars.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Psoriasis is a local contraindication for massage only during an acute outbreak.
Cows being raised for beef are often confined to feedlots, where they may be treated with antibiotic