Exam 9: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Z21 is a code used for patients with HIV who have no symptoms and who have never had an AIDS-defining illness.

Assign the code for infectious diarrhea.

The CDC considers a patient to have AIDS if a CD4+ T-cell count is less than ___ cells/ml.

Hepatitis ____ is most commonly spread through food or water that has been contaminated by feces from an infected person.

Patient has elevated liver function tests and was diagnosed with viral hepatitis C.

Clostridium difficile is often seen in ____ hospitalized patients.

Ebola virus.

What disease is caused by a fungus?

The patient was admitted with septic shock.Blood cultures were positive for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.Patient was also treated for pneumonia.BAL was performed (right middle lobe bronchus).Physician documents sepsis due to coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.Pneumonia.

Assign the code for suspected carrier of group B strep.

How many stages of syphilis are there?

Category B20 is assigned for ____________________.

A patient was admitted to the hospital with fever,cough,and low blood pressure.CXR shows infiltrates,and sputum culture is positive for MRSA.The discharge summary indicates that the patient was admitted and was given IV antibiotics for MRSA pneumonia.

A patient was admitted with difficulty swallowing and is HIV positive.An EGD was performed and revealed candidal esophagitis.Patient was treated and discharged home in stable condition.

Match the following terms to the correct definition. -SIRS due to infection

Hepatitis ____ is spread through contact with infected blood,through sex with an infected person,or during childbirth.There is a vaccine for this kind of hepatitis.

Match the following terms to the correct definition. -Spread by sexual contact;men are more likely to have symptoms such as burning while urinating and discharge from the penis;treated with antibiotic

Assign the code for scarlet fever.

According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines,it is not necessary to identify infections documented as antibiotic resistant.

Trench mouth is coded to ____.