Question: A patient was admitted and had surgery with a postoperative diagnosis of splenic abscess related to HIV. Which two terms for the two diagnoses indicated would the coder reference in the alphabetic index? These two terms will each provide a code to confirm in tabular.
Question: What is the diagnosis code provided in the alphabetic index for splenic abscess?
Question: What is the diagnosis code provided in the alphabetic index for HIV?
Question: Which of the two diagnosis codes obtained include directional notations in the tabular list?
Question: Which ICD10CM guideline provides sequence direction (meaning which code is used first) for this coding scenario?
Question: A patient is admitted for sepsis. The coder sending the claim would indicate diagnosis code
Question: Laboratory testing reveals the patient's sepsis was caused by group A streptococcus. Which term would the coder reference in the ICD10CM alphabetic index to find the proper diagnosis code?
Question: Which diagnosis code would the coder use for streptococcus group A sepsis?
Question: Which "code first" directional notation would apply for this scenario?
Question: If the patient now develops septic shock during their admission, which code would be sequenced first per coding guidelines?