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Medical Coding

Category - ICD-10-CM Volumes 1 and 2

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A 45-year-old patient has a chalazion of her right upper eyelid. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code indicating laterality for this patient?
  1. H00.11
  2. H00.12
  3. H00.13
  4. H00.14
Explanation
Answer: A - H00.11 is the correct code for a chalazion of the right upper eyelid.

Code H00.12 is incorrect because this code is for a chalazion of the right lower eyelid. Code H00.13 is incorrect because this is the code for a chalazion of the right eye without the eyelid specified. Code H00.14 is incorrect because this code is for a chalazion of the left upper eyelid.
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