Exam 6: General Coding Guidelines for Medical and Surgical Procedures

When a patient is having a knee replacement,a code for the resection of a joint is not assigned and is coded to the joint replacement.

The Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definitions are used by chronic care,long-term hospitals to report inpatient data elements in a standardized manner.

Temporary post-operative wound drains are considered devices when assigning an ICD-10-PCS code.

The fourth character of an ICD-10-PCS code represents ____.

The vas deferens is in what body system?

The root operation "insertion" always involves a device.

Match the following with the correct term or definition. -Operative procedure performed on paired anatomic organs or tissues during the same operative session

Temporary post-operative wound drains are not considered devices,and no ICD-10-PCS code is assigned.

Entry,by puncture or minor incision,of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure is called ____.

Thoracoscopic wedge biopsy of right upper lung

Alphabetic Index entry for brachytherapy prostate

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part is called ____.

____________________ is the removal of tissue for pathologic examination to establish a precise diagnosis.

Match the following terms to the correct definitions. -Uses an endoscopic instrument to examine and perform closed procedures within a joint

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane are called ____.

Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part is called ____.

A closed reduction of a fracture is coded to the external approach.

Taking out or off a device from a body part is called ____.

Thoracentesis,right pleural cavity,therapeutic

Left kidney transplant,cadaver donor