Ins Lesson 5 review ICD 10 CM

The Official Guidelines has sections for which of the following?

• Surgical coding

• General rules

• Inpatient coding

• Outpatient coding

__________ conditions may be related to the primary diagnosis, or they may involve a separate illness that the physician diagnoses and treats during the encounter.

• Coexisting

• Unrelated

• Secondary

• Primary

Acute symptoms generally are relatively __________ or severe in nature.

• Sudden

• Chronic

• Gradual

• Persistent

Sequelae are conditions that remain after a patient's acute illness or injury has __________.

• Ended

• Started

• Worsened

• Improved

Although possible diagnoses may appear in the physician's documentation as diagnostic work is progressing, these inconclusive diagnoses are __________ to determine the first-listed codes reported for reimbursement of service fees.

• Not used

• Always used

• Sometimes used

• Rarely used

Which of the following is not a cooperating party in developing the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting?

• CMS advisers

• American Hospital Association (AHA)

• Patient advocates from various facilities

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

The ICD-10-CM code for the primary diagnosis is listed __________.

• First

• Second

• Third

• Last

Chronic conditions are those that continue over a long period of time or recur __________.

• Frequently

• Rarely

• Occasionally

• Never

Which of the following is not true about sequelae?

• The code for the acute illness that led to the sequela is never used with a code for the late effect itself

• Two codes are usually not required

• The main term sequela is followed by subterms that list the causes

• Two codes are usually required

__________ are not always established at a first encounter.

• Diagnoses

• Conclusions

• Friendships

• Decisions