Homework Help: Medical Coding 1

Posted by Alisha Meyer on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 11:11am.

I need help with these last 3 questions.

1. Your asked to code the condition diabetes mellitus. Explain the basic coding steps in locating the proper ICD-9-CM code for this condition.

2. The patient had metastatic carcionma from the prostate to the pelvic bone. What are the steps to coding a neoplasm?

3. The primary diagnosis is probable hypertension, how does the code for probable hypertension differ between outpaitnet and inpatient settings?

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