Author Question: When coding for a total or partial excision of the pituitary gland, the information necessary to ... (Read 32 times)

james0929 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

When coding for a total or partial excision of the pituitary gland, the information necessary to assign the best code possible is to know the which of the following before a proper code can be assigned?
A) approach
B) number of incisions
C) number of nerves dissected
D) none of the above

Question 2

For the following questions, use an ICD-9-CM code book and select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statements given.

Diagnostic statement on the patient's record reads: benign neoplasm of the palatine tonsil