Question

if a patient was diagnosed with a lesion of the femoral nerve, what range of codes would you look at?

multiple choice
q00-q99
g00-g99
a00-b99
s00-s99

Explanation:

Analyze the clinical diagnosis

The patient is diagnosed with a "lesion of the femoral nerve." The femoral nerve is a major peripheral nerve of the lower limb, which belongs to the nervous system. A lesion of this nerve (such as femoral neuropathy) is classified as a disease of the nervous system.

Map to ICD-10-CM chapters

Using ICD-10-CM Structure and ICD-10 Coding Guidelines, we evaluate the chapters represented by the given code ranges:

• Q00–Q99: Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities.
• G00–G99: Diseases of the nervous system.
• A00–B99: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases.
• S00–T88 (represented here by S00–S99): Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes.

Determine the correct range

A non-traumatic lesion of the femoral nerve (such as femoral nerve mononeuropathy, coded under \(G57.2\)) falls directly under Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System, which spans the code range G00–G99.

Answer:

• Q00–Q99
• G00–G99 (Correct answer)
• A00–B99
• S00–S99