ICD-9 QUIZ ~ Code the Story of Your Patient's Life
Published on Mon Jan 01, 2007
Can you find the diagnosis codes in this patient's history? Sometimes it may seem as if there's an ICD-9 code for everything, but it can be difficult to find the one you-re looking for when you need it.
My life began when I was born to my wonderful parents, both of whom now suffer from diabetes (V code Dx1: _______). When I was 14 months old, I was diagnosed with a narrowed ear canal (Dx 2: ______) due to repeated ear infections (Dx3: _____) and the doctor inserted tubes into my ears.
I was an avid tree climber as a child, and I fell out of a tree once (E code Dx 4:_______), which caused me to break my collar bone (Dx 5: ______). Following the fall, I suffered occasional tinnitus in my right ear (Dx 6: ____), but the symptoms went away after a few months.
I got my first job at the age of 17, when I worked at a deli. I cut the lunchmeat too closely one afternoon and cut off the tip of my right index finger (Dx 7: ________). About a week later, I suffered a skin infection at the amputation site (Dx 8:______).
After I healed from that, I stayed away from sharp objects and went to college on a tennis scholarship. After three years of daily tennis playing, I experienced tennis elbow (Dx 9: ________) and rotator cuff tendinitis (Dx 10: _________).
Ever since I graduated from college, I haven't had too much time for sports, so now I walk for exercise and garden on the weekends for leisure. Kneeling in the garden has exacerbated osteoarthritis in my knees (Dx 11: ____). The doctor also said I should start taking calcium supplements because he thinks I have the early signs of osteoporosis (Dx 12: _____). Review the answers to our coding quiz to see how well you scored: Answers Dx 1: V18.0 (Family history of diabetes mellitus)
Dx 2: 380.53 (Acquired stenosis of external ear canal; secondary to inflammation)
Dx 3: 381.01 (Nonsuppurative otitis media and Eustachian tube disorders; acute serous otitis media) or 382.00 (Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum)
Dx 4: E884.9 (Fall from tree)
Dx 5: 810.02 (Fracture of clavicle; closed; shaft of clavicle)
Dx 6: 388.30 (Tinnitus, unspecified)
Dx 7: 886.0 (Traumatic amputation of other finger[s] [complete] [partial]; without mention of complication)
Dx 8: 686.9 (Unspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue)
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