Medical Coding Exam Prep

Category - ICD-10

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Veronica, a 24-year-old patient, presented to the clinic with severe pain in her mouth. After examination and X-rays, the patient was diagnosed with sialolithiasis. Assign the correct ICD-10 code for this case.

K11.3
K11.5
K11.0
K11.4

Explanation

Answer: B

K11.5 is the appropriate code because it is used to code for sialolithiasis which is the diagnosis here.

Option A is not correct because K11.3 specifies the abscess of the salivary gland.

Option C is not correct because K11.0 specifies atrophy of the salivary gland.

Option D is not correct because K11.4 specifies the fistula of the salivary gland.

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