Question 1
A patient is seen for prophylactic removal of both ovaries. She had right breast cancer in the past and has a strong familial history of ovarian cancer. What is the most appropriate code sequence?
◦ prophylactic organ removal; family history of cancer; breast malignancy
◦ prophylactic organ removal; breast malignancy; family history of cancer
◦ breast malignancy; prophylactic organ removal; family history of cancer
◦ family history of cancer; prophylactic organ removal; breast malignancy
Question 2
Dr. Sands, a family practitioner, documents, "Patient uses contraception for birth control." You have sent repeated queries to him, but have received no response. Your manager tells you to send the bill as is rather than wait for a response from Dr. Sands. Given this situation, which of the following would you do?
◦ assign the code that was assigned to another patient who also uses contraception
◦ assign a nonspecific V Code
◦ omit assigning a code for the contraception
◦ hold the bill until Dr. Sands responds to the query
Factors that contribute to the growth of family members.
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