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Medical Coding Exam Prep

Category - ICD-10

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Mr. Dennys, a 60-year-old patient, is diagnosed with cellulitis of the left great toe. He has pain and swelling in the toe and has a slight fever. The site is tender on touching. Assign the correct ICD-10 code for this case.
  1. L03.032
  2. L03.031
  3. L03.022
  4. L03.039
Explanation
Answer: A 

L03.032 is the correct code because it is used to specify cellulitis of the left toe which is the diagnosis here. 

Option B is not correct because L03.031 is used to specify cellulitis of the right toe. 

Option C is not correct because L03.022 is used to specify acute lymphangitis of left finger 

Option D is not correct because L03.039 is used to specify cellulitis of the unspecified toe but the left toe is given in the question. 
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