When a Diagnostic Procedure Was Performed for the Principal Diagnosis

question 50

Multiple Choice

When a diagnostic procedure was performed for the principal diagnosis and a procedure is performed for definitive treatment of a secondary diagnosis, the coder would_______.

• A) sequence procedure performed for definitive treatment most related to principal diagnosis as principal procedure
• B) sequence diagnostic procedure as principal procedure, since the procedure most related to the principal diagnosis takes precedence
• C) sequence procedure performed for definitive treatment of secondary diagnosis as principal procedure, since there are no procedures (definitive or nondefinitive treatment) related to principal diagnosis
• D) The sequencing does not matter.

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