The congenital turning inward of the feet is which of the following?
A) a valgus deformity
B) a varus deformity
C) talipes valgus
D) talipes syndrome
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Q. 2) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
A child was brought in for surgery on a webbed index and middle finger on the left hand. The procedure was successful. The coder would assign code __________ for this procedure.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Q. 3) What is a congenital condition in which there is failure of the spinal canal to close around the spinal cord?
A) anencephalus
B) anisocoria
C) spina bifida
D) Volkmann's deformity
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Q. 4) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
The code for radical excision of a skin lesion contains a code also note. This note tells the coder to also code __________.
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Q. 5) Alice Car, nine months old, previously had a congenital stricture of the anus surgically corrected at the time of birth. She returns today for a follow-up. How would the congenital stricture of the anus be coded?
A) congenital stricture as the first-listed diagnosis
B) as a personal history of a previous anomaly
C) as the second-listed diagnosis
D) at the time of birth and during all follow-up care
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Q. 6) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Mary Berry fell off her bike and was brought in for stitches on her forehead. The wound would not stop bleeding. After the bleeding was controlled, we were able to determine that the laceration was clean and straight, just into the epidermis. It was decided that Dermabond would be a good alternative to stitches in this case. To code this type of closure, the coder would assign code __________.
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Q. 7) Sam Sink, a 14 year old, is being seen today because of pain and swelling in his left ankle. He is known to have a congenital left ankle joint deformity. It has been determined that surgery cannot be completed until he is 16 years old to correct this deformity. The patient was instructed to treat the pain with Advil and to ice the area. Which of the following would be the first-listed diagnosis?
A) ankle pain
B) deformity of joint
C) either could be first-listed diagnosis
D) swelling
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Q. 8) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Aspiration of skin and subcutaneous tissue would be coded to __________.
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Q. 9) Tom Tucker is a live-born infant with a congenital dislocation of both hips upon this birth admission. Select the appropriate ICD-9-CM code(s) for this admission.
754.31 Bilateral congenital dislocation of hip
754.30 Congenital dislocation of hip, unilateral
V27.0 Single, live-born infant, outcome of delivery
V30.0 Single, live-born infant
A) 754.31, V27.0
B) 754.30, V30.0
C) V30.0, 754.31
D) V27.0, 754.30
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Q. 10) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Matt was racing through a field by the old railroad station yesterday. He slipped on a railroad tie and slid across the cinders that were on the ground in that area. He thought he had cleaned out the area, but today he presents with cinders embedded in the skin, which already had started a skin infection and needed to be cleaned out. The only way we were able to accomplish this was by brushing the area repeatedly until it began to bleed. We washed the area well and then applied antibiotic cream and dressing. The coder would code __________ as the procedure code for this visit.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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