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Medical Coding Exam Prep

Category - ICD-10

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John, a five-year-old patient with sickle-cell disease, is admitted to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, and diffuse tenderness. The physician examines him and notices an enlargement and damage to the spleen. Assign the correct ICD-10 code for this case.
  1. D57.3
  2. D57.411
  3. D57.212
  4. D57.1
Explanation
Answer: C 

D57.212 is the appropriate code here because it is used for sickle-cell diseases with splenic sequestration which is the diagnosis in this patient. 

Option A is not correct because D57.3 is used to code for sickle cell disease trait and not the disease. 

Option B is not correct because D57.411 is used to code sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with acute chest syndrome. 

Option D is not correct because D57.1 is used to code for sickle-cell disease without a crisis. 
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