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Spring and yard work, as a medical coding...student

Spring and yard work, as a medical coding...student

by Deleted user -
Number of replies: 3

To the best of my ability I shall leave engineering out of this, but it will be tough.  I see a partially cut down tree and many, many branches stacked in the back yard. Coding assignments or that...mess I have looked at all winter. The weather is right, grass will need to be mowed soon, I better tackle said tree.

Procedure Approach Tree and commence: ICD-10 PCS Root operation "Detachment".  In the process I suffer punctures to both forearms S51.832A and S51.831A, but possibly with foreign bodies in each (S51.842A and S51.841A). Only to skin (Body Sys. only to Skin and Breast), so I commence with debridement. As all guys know, fingernails are an essential tool, but I had to realize not sharp enough to be considered for excisional debridement. This was definitely non-excisional and coded to "extraction".  No foreign bodies in either arm. I just then wondered what my prothrombin time was.

Yard work. A new spin on an old task.

 

Re: Spring and yard work, as a medical coding...student

by Linda Andrews -

Keep your code book handy, Richard. Today is the day I plant all the seedlings that I grew from seeds.  (Is that redundant?)    At any rate, I can visualize bee and/or wasp stings, pollen allergies, cuts, bruises, etc.  Be ready with all those codes!  By the way, I'm really impressed with the work you do.  I've been watching!

Re: Spring and yard work, as a medical coding...student

by Deleted user -

I feel your pain Richard!  I have not been up to snuff on my yard (or house) maintenance for the past year and a half. *cough*  I have been working full time and attending a different online school for my CPC crededential.  I have made myself a honeydo list.  I have a feeling that it will take quite a while for me to complete said list.  I plan to multitask with education, stress relief and agricultural productivity (lol) for quite a while.  I sincerely hope that I can find a remote job after obtaining my CCS so that i can continue my multitasking!  

Please don't add sutures, incisions, skin flaps or the such to your own personal Procedure Note!