Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Attention to underlying cause and anatomical location are your guides in neurosurgery diagnosis.

You have been using ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for over a year now. It’s time to assess how much knowledge you have gained since you transitioned to ICD-10 in 2015. Take this quick quiz to check your understanding of key neurosurgery diagnoses. Attempt this quiz and check page 5 for answers and explanations. 

Question 1: Which of the following codes do you submit for subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon?

    a) I60.21
    b) I60.00
    c) I60.10
    d) I60.4

Question 2: How do you report a diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy?

    a) M54.14
    b) M54.15
    c) M54.16
    d) M54.17

Question 3: How do you report the diagnosis of ventricular cyst?

    a) Q04.6
    b) Q04.9
    c) G93.0
    d) P91.1

Question 4: Your physician documented kyphosis in a patient who had undergone a laminectomy in the past. How do you report this diagnosis?

    a) M96.3
    b) M40.00
    c) Q76.41
    d) M40.1

Question 5: Which of the following codes do you submit for cervical disc displacement?

    a) M50.23
    b) M50.22
    c) M50.21
    d) M50.00