The 8 Steps for Correct Icd Coding

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1. What is the code for the removal of a nasal polyp performed in the office setting?Type your answer here.2. What is the medical term for the washing of the nasal sinuses?Type your answer here.3. The pancreas can be totally or partially removed.  What code range in the CPT-4 code book is used for pancreatectomies?Type your answer here.4. What is another name for the buccal cavity?Type your answer here.5. Parotid, submandibular, and sublingual describes what?Type your answer here.6. What are the first three subsections in the medicine section?Type your answer here.7. What is it considered when you list each vaccine separately when a combination vaccine is available?Type your answer here.8. According to the guidelines in the CPT code book, typically who is a recipient of Interactive Psychotherapy?Type your answer here.9. How often are dialysis services reported?Type your answer here.10. Tonometry may be included in what type of examination?Type your answer here.11. What does a pulmonary function test reveal?Type your answer here.12. The measurement of the brain waves during sleep is referred to as?Type your answer here.13. The service polysomnography is located under which subsection in the medicine section.Type your answer here.14. The...