Any disorder of the spinal cord is referred to as __________.
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Q. 2) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Rotator cuff repair is coded to procedure code __________.
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Q. 3) A reduction in bone mass is known as __________.
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Q. 4) An inflammation of the vertebrae is known as __________.
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Q. 5) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
An eight-month-old baby is brought into the office with a history of a congenital birth defect of the thumb. Grafting of skin and bone is necessary to construct a new right thumb. The surgeon referred to this procedure in his note as a cocked-hat procedure. This procedure would be coded __________.
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Q. 6) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Dorsal and dorsolumbar fusion, posterior technique, is coded to procedure code __________.
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Q. 7) Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of which of the following?
A) arthritis
B) chondritis
C) rheumatoid arthritis
D) osteoarthrosis
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Q. 8) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Correction of facial fractures by manipulation would be coded to procedure code __________.
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Q. 9) To code the diagnostic phrase localized degenerative joint disease of the hand, the coder would first reference which term?
A) disease
B) degenerative
C) joint
D) hand
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Q. 10) The following questions will require the use of an ICD-9-CM code book to complete the sentence.
Kevin McLeven is eight weeks post-op, below-the-knee amputation. He is now being fitted for a prosthetic leg. This fitting would be coded to procedure code __________.
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