Using the coding techniques described in this chapter, carefully read through the case study and determine the most accurate CPT code(s) and HCPCS code(s) and modifier(s), if appropriate. Oscar Pettaway brought his unconscious 3-year-old daughter, Belinda, into the emergency department after finding her on the floor of the bathroom. An empty bottle of his wife's thyroid medication, Synthroid, was lying by her side. Oscar told the physician on call, Dr. Rubinstein, that his wife had just refilled the prescription. Dr. Rubinstein immediately evaluated Belinda's condition and, after obtaining permission from Oscar, ordered a gastric aspiration and lavage be done immediately, due to the poisoning. Be sure to list the codes, one code per box, in the correct order, from top to bottom. Capitalization, punctuation, and spacing can impact whether or not your answer is correct. Follow coding best practices. Determine the most accurate procedure codes, using the CPT code set and modifier(s), if appropriate. You may not need all of the spaces provided. CPT code(s) and any applicable modifier(s) Anesthesia code(s) and any applicable modifier(s) HCPCS Level II code(s) and any applicable modifier(s)
Using the coding techniques described in this chapter, carefully read through the case study and determine the most accurate CPT code(s) and HCPCS code(s) and modifier(s), if appropriate. Oscar Pettaway brought his unconscious 3-year-old daughter, Belinda, into the emergency department after finding her on the floor of the bathroom. An empty bottle of his wife's thyroid medication, Synthroid, was lying by her side. Oscar told the physician on call, Dr. Rubinstein, that his wife had just refilled the prescription. Dr. Rubinstein immediately evaluated Belinda's condition and, after obtaining permission from Oscar, ordered a gastric aspiration and lavage be done immediately, due to the poisoning. Be sure to list the codes, one code per box, in the correct order, from top to bottom. Capitalization, punctuation, and spacing can impact whether or not your answer is correct. Follow coding best practices. Determine the most accurate procedure codes, using the CPT code set and modifier(s), if appropriate. You may not need all of the spaces provided. CPT code(s) and any applicable modifier(s) Anesthesia code(s) and any applicable modifier(s) HCPCS Level II code(s) and any applicable modifier(s)
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Transcribed Image Text:Using the coding techniques described in this chapter, carefully read through the case study and determine the most accurate CPT
code(s) and HCPCS code(s) and modifier(s), if appropriate.
Oscar Pettaway brought his unconscious 3-year-old daughter, Belinda, into the emergency department after finding her on the floor of
the bathroom. An empty bottle of his wife's thyroid medication, Synthroid, was lying by her side. Oscar told the physician on call, Dr.
Rubinstein, that his wife had just refilled the prescription.
Dr. Rubinstein immediately evaluated Belinda's condition and, after obtaining permission from Oscar, ordered a gastric aspiration
and lavage be done immediately, due to the poisoning.
Be sure to list the codes, one code per box, in the correct order, from top to bottom. Capitalization, punctuation, and spacing can
impact whether or not your answer is correct. Follow coding best practices.
Determine the most accurate procedure codes, using the CPT code set and modifier(s), if appropriate.
You may not need all of the spaces provided.
CPT code(s) and any
applicable modifier(s)
Anesthesia code(s) and any
applicable modifier(s)
HCPCS Level II code(s) and any
applicable modifier(s)
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