Clinical Examples in Radiology Online Quiz – Winter 2020A 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 end-stage renal disease who has a procedure performed for preoperative mapping prior to surgical creation of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for dialysis access; 2) Apply coding techniques in the case of a 50-year-old male referred for bone core biopsy of a left seventh rib lesion; 3) In the Documentation Challenge, identify the proper codes to report a computed tomography (CT) of the thorax without contrast performed on a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia; and 4) The radiology test in this issue highlights a case of bilateral breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed on a high-risk breast cancer patient. Dive deeper into these cases and challenge your coding skills with the Winter 2020 issue of Clinical Examples in Radiology.