Jones, an established patient, is seen by the rheumatologist for repeated pain in her left knee due to osteoarthritis. Today she presents with pain and swelling. The rheumatologist performs an arthrocentesis of the left knee followed by injection of Dexa-Methasone sodium phosphate, 5 mg. No E/M service is performed. Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT code(s):

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The correct ICD-10-CM code for osteoarthritis of the left knee is M17.12. The correct CPT code for an arthrocentesis of a major joint (like the knee) with injection is 20610. The code J1100 is for each milligram of Dexamethasone sodium phosphate, and since 5 mg was used, "5u" indicates the units. No E/M service was performed, so no E/M code is included.

Jones, an Established Patient, Is Seen by the Rheumatologist for Repeated