Reference no: EM133729731

Question

Read the following scenario and provide codes for the facility and the physician or physicians who were involved in the service. For the facility, you are to provide the root operation using ICD-10-PCS terms. 1 extra point is earned if you can identify the correct PCS code and explain why you chose that code. The scenario: An elderly patient (85 years old) was admitted to the hospital for a nonhealing plantar ulcer. This patient was transferred from a skilled nursing facility to the hospital. Upon examination of the patient, the attending physician determined that the patient had gangrene in the left great toe due to the nonhealing plantar ulcer. Under general anesthesia, the patient underwent a midlevel amputation of the left great toe at the interphalangeal joint. The diagnosis at discharge (post procedure) was diabetes with gangrene. Inpatient diagnosis: Inpatient root operation term: Inpatient procedure code: How many physicians were involved with this scenario? What are the diagnosis and service (CPT) for the physician or physicians in this scenarion?