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Select two of the four outpatient clinic snippets.? Assign the correct ICD-10 CM code for each bolded condition identified in the chosen snippets.? Please see your guidelines, Section IV before attempting this discussion. Depending on your code book, they may be on page 117. This link contains a pdf of the extracted pages you should read.

Your response should include accurate assignment of all possible ICD-10-CM/PCS codes, include a coding rationale. The rationale should demonstrate 100% mastery of the ability to apply ICD-10-CM/PCS Guidelines.

Demonstrate your ability to list the basic steps of coding by critiquing at least one student's coding assignments and rationale

Snippet 1)

A 43 year- old female presented to her primary physician with a chief complaint of abnormal uterine bleeding.? She holds a past medical history of hypothyroidism, currently on levothyroxine .? Her PCP ordered a small round of empiric antibiotics.

Snippet 2)

A 19 year- old college student presented to her college clinic with a headache and photophobia.? She was transported to the Emergency Room with a possible diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

Snippet 3)

A 52 year- old smoker was seen by his local physician after being discharged one week ago from the Emergency Room after being treated for a syncopal episode.?His physician ordered a carotid ultrasound which revealed carotid artery stenosis. He was prescribed a statin drug and asked to follow up in three weeks.

Snippet 4)

A 74 year- old bedridden male's daughter reported the patient to have a nasty cough with foul smelling phlegm. The nursing home nurse practitioner ordered a chest X-RAY after diagnosing the patient with aspiration pneumonia.