A 17-year-old female patient is seen in Family Planning for a scheduled three-month pill evaluation. During the workup, her blood pressure is elevated, and she has complained of frequent headaches for the past 2 months. Due to the adverse reaction to the Ortho-Novum, she is switched to Cerazette.
Which coding system will you use? Why?
1. What was the primary reason for the visit? 2. What is the keyword you will use to look up the primary reason? 3. What other problems need to be coded? 4. What indexes do you need to use to determine code selection? 5. Assign the appropriate codes.
6. Which healthcare organizations use ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS?
7. What other coding systems are used in healthcare and for what purpose?
8. What challenges have you experienced accomplishing this exercise?
9. What tools do you need to make the process easier and more user-friendly and why
Assignment Resources:
https://www.icd10data.com/
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2016-ICD-10-CM-and-GEMs.html)
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/2016-ICD-10-CM-Guidelines.pdf
Your APA formatted document comprising 2-4, double-spaced, typed in 12-point Times New Roman (or 11- point Calibri) excluding the Cover and Reference pages should be submitted by Tuesday mid-night.
