Question 1

Which of the following statements is not correct about coding HIV positivity?

Accepted Answer

A)   Requesting a confirmatory serology or culture for HIV is sufficient to code HIV positivity.
B)   When HIV symptoms are not present and serology is inconclusive, code R75 is assigned.
C)   Patients who are HIV positive but are currently asymptomatic are assigned code Z21.
D)   The provider must state "known HIV" or "positive HIV" in order to code HIV positivity.
E)   Patients who have developed an HIV-related illness should be assigned code B20.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

When "see" appears after a main term, you must look up the term that follows the word "see" in the index. This is an example of a ___________.

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Question 3

Additional terms that are needed to select correct codes are indented after the main term in the Alphabetic Index. These terms are called ________.

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Question 4

In ICD-10, which chapter contains codes to identify who, what, when, and where an accident or injury occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities
B)   Chapter 18: Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings; not elsewhere classified
C)   Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes
D)   Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity
E)   Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health servicesF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Eight-year-old Geri climbed the oak tree in her back yard to rescue her cat, who had climbed the tree but could not get back down. Unfortunately, Geri slipped and fell out of the tree and hurt her arm. The lower arm is bent at an odd angle and the bone is visible. The physician diagnoses an open fracture and orders X-rays of the lower arm. Where will you locate the ICD-10 code for this?

Accepted Answer

A)   C00-D49
B)   E00-E89
C)   H60-H95
D)   M00-M99
E)   S00-T88F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

Which convention is used in ICD-9 and ICD-10 to indicate that an entry is not classified as part of the preceding code?

Accepted Answer

A)   NOS
B)   Includes
C)   Excludes
D)   NEC
E)   Code AlsoF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

In ICD-10, which chapter would include the diagnosis codes for congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities?

Accepted Answer

A)   17
B)   18
C)   20
D)   21
E)   22F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations?

Accepted Answer

A)   ( ) 
B)   [ ]
C)   : :
D)   { }
E)   ; ;F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

The "extra" codes in ICD-9 that tell the third-party payer how an illness or injury came about are known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Dx codes
B)   V codes
C)   E codes
D)   E/M codes
E)   DRG codesF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Jeremy is a 44-year-old patient who has been diagnosed with mitral regurgitation. He has been having some shortness of breath lately, so today he is having an echocardiogram to evaluate whether the condition has worsened. The ICD-9 code for Jeremy's procedure today is found in which of the following series of codes?

Accepted Answer

A)   390-459
B)   460-519
C)   760-779
D)   800-999
E)   E800-E999F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 11

When a practitioner does not document an exact diagnosis, outpatient coding rules require that unclear diagnosis be coded using the ________ that led the patient to seek care, until an absolute diagnosis is made.

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Question 12

All ICD-10 codes begin with a(n) ________ character.

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Question 13

Unlike outpatient coding, which uses the patient's primary diagnosis, hospital coding uses the _____ diagnosis, which is the condition that was chiefly responsible for the patient's admission to the hospital.

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Question 14

The Alphabetic Index is organized by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   the part of the body involved
B)   the symptoms displayed by the patient
C)   codes found in the Tabular List
D)   diagnosis or condition description
E)   the severity of the disease or conditionF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

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All ICD-10 codes begin with a(n) ________ character.

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Which of the following statements is not correct about coding HIV positivity?

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Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations?

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In ICD-10, which chapter would include the diagnosis codes for congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities?

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The "extra" codes in ICD-9 that tell the third-party payer how an illness or injury came about are known as ____.

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In ICD-10, which chapter contains codes to identify who, what, when, and where an accident or injury occurred?

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