Directions: Please respond to each of the following questions below. Please be sure that your responses are at least 4 to 6 sentences in length, when appropriate.

1.Amy underwent surgery for repair of a ruptured spleen. The surgeon, Dr. Stanley, had to perform a splenectomy (he removed a portion of the spleen) as part of the repair. Would the splenectomy be reported separately from the repair code?

2.Harlan undergoes a mediastinotomy. In what section of the CPT manual would the code for this procedure be located? What additional information would be needed to assign a code? If the mediastinotomy involved the removal of a foreign body, could it be coded using the excision codes?

3.Complete the following Chapter 22 exercises in the Step-by-step workbook and include your answers in this homework assignment: #34, 36, 38, and 44.

34.Using the CPT manual and ICD-10-CM/ICD-9-CM manuals, code the following: Injection procedure for identification of the sentinel node with intradermal radioisotope injection for the staging of clinically negative axillae in a patient with primary, malignant neoplasm of the central portion of the right breast.

CPT Code(s): __________

ICD-10-CM Code(s): __________

(ICD-9-CM Code(s): __________)

36.Using the CPT manual and ICD-10-CM/ICD-9-CM manuals, code the following: Drainage of an extensive lymph node abscess. Pathology report indicated Staphylococcus.

CPT Code(s): __________

ICD-10-CM Code(s): __________

(ICD-9-CM Code(s): __________)

38.Using the CPT manual and ICD-10-CM/ICD-9-CM manuals, code the following: Partial splenectomy for a 3-year-old child with sickle cell disease, Hb-C with crisis.

CPT Code(s): __________

ICD-10-CM Code(s): __________

(ICD-9-CM Code(s): __________)

44.Using the CPT manual and ICD-10-CM/ICD-9-CM manuals, code the following: Laparoscopic removal of the spleen.

CPT Code: __________