Question

FAU EXECUTIVE EDUCATKV ENDOCRINE/NERVOUS CODING 1 The newborn had a fever of unknown origin (FUO), unspecified, so the Pediatrician performed a spinal puncture (tap), lumber, diagnostic. CPT code: ICD10 code: 2. Due to the patient being diagnosed with a benign thymoma the patient required a thymectomy with sternal split (trans-thoracic approach) without radical mediastinal dissection CPT code: ICD10 code:

Answer 1

1, ICD-10 code
Fever, unspecified -R50.9
CPT code
Spinal puncture, lumbar, diagnostic -62270
2,ICD-10 code
Benign thymoma -D15.0
CPT code
thymectomy, partial or total, transthoracic approach, without radical mediastinal dissection - 60521
3, ICD 10 code
Trigeminal neuralgia -G50.0
CPT code
Injection, anesthetic agent, facial nerve- 64402
4, ICD -10 code
Brain tumor, primary, medulla oblongata - C71.7
CPT code
Craniectomy for excision of brain tumor - 61520