Integumentary System Research Paper

It is very important to know the guidelines of the Integumentary system because it consists of the largest organ on the human body and that is the skin. The integumentary system consists of the skin, hair, nails, and exocrine glands.To get through anything in the human body it has to go through the skin.

Example: My grandmother had to doctor to get three corns cut off because they were causing her pain. To properly code for this you would look at the method, and how many lesions were being cut off. This code would be 11056.

Example: A man came in the office today, we had to do a excision of a malignant lesion on his back it was 1.0 cm in diameter. The guideline to properly code this procedure you would have to add the excised diameter

which is 1.0 cm plus the margins top and bottom which are 2.0 cm and 2.0 cm, which adds up to 5.0 to properly excise. The code would be 11606.

It also very important to know the guidelines for the musculoskeletal systems as well because they go hand and hand with the integumentary system. If you don't take your time and read thoroughly you may incorrectly code. So take your time and thoroughly exhaust the alphabetical index. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body.

Example: There was patient that came into the ER today with a penetrating gunshot in the abdomen, that need to be located. You would code for the wound exploration of a penetrating gunshot wound of the abdomen with 20102.

Example: My cousin suffered and closed clavicular fracture without manipulation, she had to get treatment. You code for treatment of fractures, joints and dislocations based on the type of manipulation, with or without to stabilize.