http://aaam1.org/faq Answers to your AIS coding dilemmas ......comments and correct answers are posted at the end of the month Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:58:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Q: A patient arrives after an MVC in which the car rolled several times. CT head - negative for injury, skull normal; CT cervical spine - occipital condyle fracture, normal alignment; neurologic examination is normal- able to move all extremities, GCS= 15; there is no drainage from ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=73 Q: A burn patient arrives in the ED after being involved in a house fire where she was removed from the bedroom engulfed in smoke and unresponsive. The initial evaluation included intubation, a carbon monoxide level and ABG showing pO2 60 mmHg. In addition, a bronchoscopy was ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=72 Q: Your newest trauma patient has suffered a basilar skull fracture. While reading the CT scan of the head, you notice that there is also a dislocation of the ossicles on othe left. After coding the basilar skull fracture correctly, you are left with a decision about ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=71 Q: CT scan abdomen/pelvis - no visceral injury identified; bony pelvis without evidence of injury; lumbar spine- L2 vertebral body superior endplate compression fracture age-indeterminate http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=70 Q: CT scan abdomen/pelvis - spleen normal; kidneys and adrenal glands normal; liver laceration gr IV injury - multiple deep lacerations. The patient is taken to OR where the operative note states liver laceration gr V injury. What would you code? A: 541828.5; The surgeon is visually ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=69 Q: Motocross collision, wearing helmet; multiple soft tissue injuries; no other injury identified. A: 910000.1; Since the skin injuries are not clearly defined, the external “soft tissue injury NFS” code is the best choice; even if the site of injury was known, this is the best code since ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=68 Q: Patient arrives after a 20′ fall from a height landing on his right leg; examination shows a visibly shortened RLE; plain film of the pelvis demonstrates that the right iliac wing is higher than the left with apparent SI joint dislocation and fractures of the superior and ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=67 Q: CT scan face - fracture of the lamina papyracea. A: 251231.2; The lamina papyracea is the medial wall of the orbit. http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=66 Q: A patient arrives to the ED with a severe head injury; he is transported to the ICU in anticipation of organ donation and while the brain death evaluation is completed. His final diagnoses include the expected head injury and brain death. What do you do ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=65 Q: A 4 y o child is accidentally burned when his pajamas catch fire from a candle. His burns are described as 15 % first, 10 % second and 9 % third degree. What is the correct way to code this injury? A: The revised burn rule states ... http://aaam1.org/faq/?p=64