Posted By AHIMA Staff on Nov 11, 2019

Test your skills with a new coding question from Clinical Coding Workout every Monday.

A patient is scheduled for a colonoscopy, but due to a sudden drop in blood pressure, the procedure is cancelled just as the scope is introduced into the rectum. Because of moderately severe mental retardation, the patient was given a general anesthetic prior to the procedure. How should this procedure be coded by the hospital?

Assign the code for a colonoscopy with modifier 74.

Assign the code for a colonoscopy with modifier 52.

Assign no code because no procedure was performed.

Assign an anesthesia code only.

Source: AHIMA Press. Clinical Coding Workout, 2019. https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=65592.

4 Comments

LISA DAVIS
November 14, 2019

are there CEU’s for these quizzes
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- Sarah Sheber
  November 18, 2019
  
  Hi Lisa,
  
  No, there are no CEUs for the Monday Coding Quizzes. Please visit https://my.ahima.org/search/journal%20and%20quizzes for all current CE quizzes.
  
  Thank you,
  Sarah Sheber
  Assistant Editor
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L. Amos Webb
November 14, 2019

This is a misleading question, as your answer(s) are if you are coding for an ASC – whereas the CPT guidelines for Mod 74 clearly state that if you are reporting for physician services, the modifier 53 is the appropriate modifier for use.

Please consider adding “who” or “where” the coder is coding for when writing your Q&A’s – “tests”.
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nataliya lage
November 17, 2019

We love coding quizzes! It helps all coders to code correctly and consistently. Thank you.
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