Subjective: This 17-year-old patient presents to the emergency department after racing motorcycles earlier today. He had his helmet on as well as all of his racing gear. He actively races motorcycles and has done this all summer long, winning a number of times. He came over a jump and lost control of the bike, going over the handlebars. He denies hitting his head but landed on his left elbow and his left knee and has had some discomfort in these areas since. He tells me that he was not going fast, approximately 30 mph. He denies any loss of consciousness. The main complaints center only on the left knee and the left elbow.
Objective: The patient is in no acute distress, nontoxic appearing. During an expanded problem-focused examination, he is alert and oriented.
Eyes: PERL, EOMI conjugate without nystagmus. Funduscopic exam reveals the discs to be sharp and the TMs normal. Throat: clear with teeth intact. Neck: nontender. No palpable discomfort or adenopathy. He has intact clavicles. Lungs: clear. Heart: regular rate and rhythm. Abdomen: soft; no hepatosplenomegaly, rebound, or guarding. He has good upper- and lower-extremity strength. His right arm is nontender to palpation. The left arm has a small amount of tenderness around the elbow joint, but there is no obvious deformity and he does have good, active motion. He has no tenderness with movement of the hips and no tenderness down the long bones of the lower extremities. There is mild tenderness at the left knee. The knee is intact with negative drawer sign and minimal tenderness along the lateral collateral ligament region. There is no real tenderness along the joint line or over the mediocollateral ligament. Both of these ligaments are intact with stress. X-rays of the left knee and left elbow are negative for fracture.
Assessment: Contusion, left elbow and left knee (the MDM was of low complexity).
Plan: Ice, Tylenol; recheck if not improving over the next few days, otherwise on a prn basis.
CPT Code: ____________________

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The Answer of Subjective: This 17-year-old patient presents to the emergency department after racing motorcycles earlier today. He had his helmet on as well as all of his racing gear. He actively races motorcycles and has done this all summer long, winning a number of times. He came over a jump and lost control of the bike, going over the handlebars. He denies hitting his head but landed on his left elbow and his left knee and has had some discomfort in these areas since. He tells me that he was not going fast, approximately 30 mph. He denies any loss of consciousness. The main complaints center only on the left knee and the left elbow.
Objective: The patient is in no acute distress, nontoxic appearing. During an expanded problem-focused examination, he is alert and oriented.
Eyes: PERL, EOMI conjugate without nystagmus. Funduscopic exam reveals the discs to be sharp and the TMs normal. Throat: clear with teeth intact. Neck: nontender. No palpable discomfort or adenopathy. He has intact clavicles. Lungs: clear. Heart: regular rate and rhythm. Abdomen: soft; no hepatosplenomegaly, rebound, or guarding. He has good upper- and lower-extremity strength. His right arm is nontender to palpation. The left arm has a small amount of tenderness around the elbow joint, but there is no obvious deformity and he does have good, active motion. He has no tenderness with movement of the hips and no tenderness down the long bones of the lower extremities. There is mild tenderness at the left knee. The knee is intact with negative drawer sign and minimal tenderness along the lateral collateral ligament region. There is no real tenderness along the joint line or over the mediocollateral ligament. Both of these ligaments are intact with stress. X-rays of the left knee and left elbow are negative for fracture.
Assessment: Contusion, left elbow and left knee (the MDM was of low complexity).
Plan: Ice, Tylenol; recheck if not improving over the next few days, otherwise on a prn basis.
CPT Code: ____________________

Subjective: This 17-Year-Old Patient Presents to the Emergency Department After