Clinical Examples in Radiology Online Quiz – Fall 2019A Practical Guide to Correct Coding

Clinical Examples in Radiology (CER) online newsletter is provided for coding professionals to test their knowledge based on review of relevant modern case studies. In this issue: 1) learn how to code in the case of a patient with a three-week history of abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever who now undergoes an upper gastrointestinal and small bowel study; 2) Apply coding techniques in the case of a 10-year-old female with a renal transplant presenting with suspected renal infection; 3) In the Documentation Challenge identify the proper codes and procedures to report when an 11-year-old male with papilledema associated with increased intracranial pressure undergoes a lumbar puncture with fluoroscopic guidance; and 4) the radiology test in this issue highlights a case of a 16-year-old female with a history of thyroid cancer, status post thyroidectomy with possible metastases who is now having a thyroid scan with SPECT/CT. Dive deeper into these cases and challenge your coding skills with the Fall 2019 issue of Clinical Examples in Radiology.