An infant is born six weeks premature in rural Arizona and the pediatrician in attendance intubates the child and administers surfactant in the ET tube while waiting in the ER for the air ambulance. During the 45-minute wait, he continues to bag the critically ill patient on 100 percent oxygen while monitoring VS, ECG, pulse oximetry and temperature. The infant is in a warming unit and an umbilical vein line was placed for fluids and in case of emergent need for medications. How is this coded?

The patient was given thrombolytic therapy for an acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) of the anterolateral wall which converted to a NSTEMI. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for agitated and violent behavioral disturbances in a patient with early onset Alzheimer’s?

A 94-year-old Medicare patient is having surgery to remove his parotid gland with dissection and preservation of the facial nerve. The surgeon has requested the anesthesia department place an arterial line. Report the CPT® code(s) for anesthesia?

Michael has bilateral lazy eyes and undergoes strabismus surgery of the superior oblique muscle for both eyes. What CPT® code is reported?

A 20-year-old comes into the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of a severe headache, vomiting, stiff neck, and fever. The ED physician suspects meningitis and performs a lumbar puncture. The ED physician reviews the results and the patient is admitted in the hospital for meningitis which is suspected to be bacterial. Which ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported by the ED physician?

A parent brings her child to the ED. She thinks she swallowed a small toy figure. A radiology exam from the nose to the rectum is performed. The foreign body is not located. What CPT® code(s) is/are reported for the radiology services?

A 77-year-old patient was scheduled for a left total hip replacement due to degenerative joint disease (DJD) and the anesthesiologist documented the DJD as primary. The pre-anesthesia assessment indicates the patient had surgery in 2015 for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). What ICD-10-CM coding is reported?

What does the abbreviation IVF mean?

What does CMS-HCC stand for?