Reference no: EM133242506

The patient, a 35 year old male was admitted for possible gastritis. He had undergone a cadaveric renal transplant for end stage renal disease two years ago. On endoscopic examination of the lower esophagus and stomach, patchy erythemas were seen in the stomach and biopsies of the stomach were taken . The impression was mild reflux esophagitis and mild antral duodenitis. As his dietary intake improved, his physical condition improved as well.

Step 1: Receive an Activity assignment and an assignment from your instructor.

Step 2: Review the Code Set you are assigned to. Use your coding manual(s) to assign the correct code(s) in the proper sequence. In addition to assigning the code(s), explain how you arrived at the code(s). Your explanation should include what you determined to be the diagnoses/procedures, how you looked these up in the coding manual, and any guidelines you followed to assign the correct code(s).

Step 3: Share your answers with your assigned classmate and review codes assigned by your classmate. Provide a written review that answers the following questions:

1. Are all the questions answered correctly? If not, which questions are incorrect?

2. For any answers that were incorrect, please explain the correct answer.

3. What did you learn from completing this code audit?

4. Do you have any helpful ideas or strategies to assist your peer in identifying correct codes related to this topic?