Ch 16: Content Review Flashcards
Respiratory System
T/F: Thoracoplasty is a procedure that is performed to separate the inside of the chest cavity from the lung to permit the collapse of the lung.
False
Which of the following terms does not describe the nasal turbinates?
??
T/F: A surgical sinus endoscopy includes a sinusotomy (when appropriate) and diagnostic endoscopy.
True
What is the method that a physician uses to control a nosebleed?
All of the above
What is the name of the surgical procedure for the rearrangement of the nasal septum?
?? (not rhinoplasty)
Code: Bilateral total lung lavage.
32997-50
The term that describes destruction by removing, usually by cutting, is:
Ablation
T/F: A chest tube may be used as an indwelling method of draining the accumulated fluid in the pleural space.
True
What modifier would you use if polyps were removed from both the left and right sides of the nose?
-50
If the physician performs a lavage of the maxillary sinus, what is he/she doing?
?? (Not opening the maxillary sinus)
The procedure in which a scope is passed into the larynx so the physician can look at the larynx is what type of laryngoscopy?
Direct
The name of the procedure in which mucus is removed from the sinuses by flushing a saline solution through the sinus cavities is ______ therapy.
Displacement
T/F: A “direct” laryngoscopic procedure means that the physician uses a tongue depressor to hold the tongue down and view the epiglottis with a mirror.
False
T/F: All “sinus” codes are reported as bilateral procedures only.
False
What is a Laryngotomy?
Incision made over the larynx
What is Intubation?
Establishment of an airway
What is a Tracheostomy?
Creation of an opening into the trachea
What is a Tracheoplasty?
Repair of a damaged trachea
Thoracentesis is performed to withdraw fluid from the pleural space for a variety of conditions including:
Respiratory Failure
A diagnostic endoscopic procedure is reported only when:
No surgical procedure is performed during the same operative session
Endoscopic procedures are reported on the ______ place(s) to which the scope is advanced.
Farthest
Code: “…… sinus endoscopy with a right anterior and posterior total ethmoidectomy with removal of polyps.”
31255-RT
T/F: When multiple therapeutic procedures are performed through a scope during the same operative session, only the major (most extensive) procedure should be reported.
False
This surgical procedure is performed to reshape the nose.
Rhinoplasty
Define: Destruction of tissue by burning
Cauterization
Define: Washing out an organ
Lavage
Define: Free flow or withdrawl of fluids
Drainage
Define: Removal by cutting
Ablation
