A patient has a total knee joint replacement. Which of the following is the correct way to code the procedure. 

Which PCS character defines the general physiological system or anatomical region involved?

Which PCS character, if used, falls into the four basic categories for: grafts and prostheses, implants, simple of mechanical appliances, and electronic appliances?

Urinary tract infection due to Proteus mirabilis (2 codes)

Gonococcal urethritis (1 code)  

Each character in the seven-character PCS code represents a particular aspect of the procedure. The characters are used are – ? Check all that apply. 

An 85 YO female was found semiconscious during a well-check visit by her grandson and 911 was called. The patient was able to tell EMS that she had been feeling sick for a week, and she complained of a fast heartbeat, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing. She also said she had been in bed for three days and had been unable to get out of the bed to answer the phone. Upon arrival at the ED, her vital signs were as follows: temp. 39 degrees Celsius, heart rate 100, respiratory rate 22/min. She was admitted to the ICU with an admitting diagnosis of acute respiratory distress due to COVID-19, and she was treated with medications that were administered intravenously. However, the patient continued to decline and endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation for 36 hours was required to treat the acute respiratory failure. The patient’s attending physician provided the diagnoses of COVID-19 with acute respiratory failure.  Principal Diagnosis: Diagnosis: Principal Procedure: (code for the mechanical ventilation here)(Index: look up Performance, respiratory) Procedure: (code for the intubation here) (index: insertion of device in, trachea)

With the use of the ICD-10-CM code book, assign the correct code(s) to the following scenario. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sepsis ICD-10-CM code(s): _____________

With the use of the ICD-10-PCS codebook, assign the appropriate procedure code(s) to the following scenario. Right-sided craniotomy for evacuation of subacute subdural hematoma ICD-10-PCS code(s): __________

Benign neoplasm of the small intestine