Hot Shot Pop Quiz
Coding Educator, November 16, 2009
Do you know the answer to the question below? If so, submit your name and answer to Editor Lori Levans at llevans@hcpro.com. Each correct answer will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win a surprise. The winner will be announced in next month's issue.
What code describes gastronomy with suture repair of bleeding ulcer?
The winner from October was Ilona Waksmundzki, RHIT, coding specialist at Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, IL. Congratulations! Ilona won a FREE HCPro 2010 ICD-9-CM Coding Manual.The correct answer to the question "What code(s) describe the nausea you may have experienced due to turbulence on a flight to the AHIMA national convention" is code 994.6.
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