Medical Coding

Category - ICD-10-CM Volumes 1 and 2

A patient was born with a ventricular septal defect. What is the correct code for this diagnosis?
  1. Q20.2
  2. Q21.0
  3. Q21.1
  4. Q22.0
Explanation
Answer: B - Q21.0 is the correct code for ventricular septal defect, also known as Roger’s disease.
Code Q20.2 is incorrect because this is the code for a double outlet left ventricle. Code Q21.1 is incorrect because this code is for an atrial septal defect and Q22.0 is incorrect because this code is for pulmonary valve atresia.
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