Question

Exercise 6.8 (continued) Exercise 6.8B - First-listed Diagnosis Selection Instructions: Select the first-listed diagnosis in each statement. 1. The physician treated the patient's Chronic asthma during an office visit, and she also received a renewed prescription for hypertension. Astma 2. The physician ordered an ultrasound to rule outcholecystitis: the patient presented to the orice with severe abdominal pain. 3. The patient slipped on ice and fell as she was walking down the steps of her porch. She was treated in the emergency department for severe swelling of the left leg, and X-ray of the left leg was negative for fracture. 4. The patient was treated in the office for nausea and vomiting. The physician diagnosed gastroenteritis 5. The patient was treated in the outpatient department for a sore throat, which was cultured. The physician documented possible strep throat in the record. 6. The patient was treated on an outpatient basis for both acute and chronic bronchitis, for which each was assigned an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code. 7. The patient was treated for acne in the physician's office during this visit. The physician also documented that his previously diagnosed hives had totally resolved. 8. The patient was seen for complaints of fainting accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Her blood was drawn and sent to the lab to have a blood glucose level performed. Lab results were normal. The patient was scheduled for outpatient testing to rule out seizure disorder. 9. The patient underwent outpatient radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer during today's encounter; the patient had previously complained of painful urination 10. The patient's preoperative diagnosis was possible appendicitis and right lower quadrant pain; he underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy. The postoperative diagnosis was acute appendicitis.

Answer 1

1. The physician treated the patient's chronic asthma during an office visit and she also receives a renewed prescription for Hypertension.

Here 2 diagnosis is mentioned 1. Asthma 2. Hypertension

Answer - The first listed Diagnosis is Asthma.

2. The physician order ultrasound to rule out cholecystitis, the patient presented to the office with severe abdominal pain.

abdominal pain is not a diagnosis it is a symptom.

Answer - cholecystitis(Infection and inflammation of Gallbladder)

3. A patient slipped on ice and fell as she was walking down the steps of her porch. She was treated in ED for severe swelling of left leg. X-ray of the left leg was negative for fracture.

Here swelling is not a diagnosis, it's a sign.

Answer - Fracture

4. The patient is treated in the office for nausea and vomiting The physician diagnosed gastroenteritis.

nausea and vomiting is not a diagnosis. it's sign and symptom.

Answer - gastroenteritis(Inflammation of GI tract)