CAC ICD-10 Diagnosis Coding for Ambulance Services Flashcards
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When a patient is transported for seizures, which ICD-10-CM code is assigned for an unspecified convulsion?
Answer: R56.9
R56.9 (Unspecified convulsions) is appropriate when the provider documents convulsions without specifying an epilepsy diagnosis.
Which ICD-10-CM code is used to document sepsis as the reason for emergency ambulance transport?
Answer: A41.9
A41.9 (Sepsis, unspecified organism) is the primary code for sepsis when no specific organism is identified in the documentation.
A trauma patient has both a femur fracture and a head injury. Which ICD-10-CM guideline applies to sequencing?
Answer: Code the most severe injury first
ICD-10-CM guidelines state that the most severe injury should be designated as the principal/first-listed diagnosis for trauma cases.
Which ICD-10-CM Z-code is used when an ambulance transports a patient for a scheduled interfacility transfer with no acute condition?
Answer: Z76.89
Z76.89 (Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances) can be used for routine interfacility transfers without an acute diagnosis.
When a patient is transported after a syncopal episode with no identified cause, which ICD-10-CM code applies?
Answer: R55
R55 (Syncope and collapse) is the correct code when a patient faints and no underlying cause has been established at the time of transport.
Which ICD-10-CM code chapter provides codes for social determinants of health that may be relevant to ambulance transport documentation?
Answer: Chapter 21 – Z-codes
Chapter 21 (Z00–Z99) of ICD-10-CM includes Z55–Z65 codes that capture social determinants of health such as homelessness or lack of transportation.