11. The procedure allowing a physician to look directly into the digestive organs is called a(n) _________ examination.

A. endoscopic

B. radiologic

C. barium

D. O&P

Code using CPT. The primary care physician called his patient to discuss a confirmatory pathology report from a biopsy taken two weeks ago regarding the patient's new diagnosis of prostate cancer. The physician discussed transferring the patient's care to an oncologist. The call lasted 25 minutes.

a. 99421 x2

b. 99375

c. 99423

d. 99374

Apply the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting of the Principal Diagnosis for Inpatient Care (Guidelines I A- J) to identify the principal diagnosis in the following scenario.

The physician's discharge summary includes the final diagnoses of (1) Congestive heart failure, with an additional diagnosis of (2) with hypertension, and (3) status post cholecystectomy.

Review the code description: "Anesthesia for intraperitoneal procedures in upper abdomen including laparoscopy; gastric restrictive procedure for morbid obesity". Does this look like the correct choice for the case?

Documentation:

A morbidly obese 37-year-old hypertensive female with type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol was admitted to a private hospital for bariatric surgery. A gastric ring procedure was performed under general anesthesia. The anesthesia was administered by the anesthesiologist.

a.yes

b.no