Chapter 4

As of October 1, 2015, the U.S. required diagnosis codes to be based on which revision of the International Classification of Diseases?

• 9th Revision

• 10th Revision

• 11th Revision

• 8th Revision

Which of the following is made up of 21 chapters of disease descriptions and their codes?

• Index to External Causes

• Tabular List

• Neoplasm Table

• Alphabetic Index

Eponyms are usually listed in the Alphabetic Index under

• the nonessential modifier and main term.

• the main term and subterm.

• the convention and the eponym.

• the eponym and main term.

Excludes 2 in ICD-10-CM is an indication that

• conditions are not valid.

• two conditions could not exist together.

• the patient could have both conditions at the same time.

• two conditions must be coded together to have a valid code.

What describes conditions that remain after a patient's acute illness or injury has ended?

• Acute

• Sequelae

• Suspected

• Chronic

In the Neoplasm Table, if the documentation states that the neoplasm has metastasized to an additional body site, this would be classified as

• Malignant secondary.

• Carcinoma in situ.

• Malignant primary.

• Uncertain behavior.

If you are coding in the outpatient setting, the chief complaint is

• listed as the primary diagnosis.

• documented in the patient's words.

• listed as the secondary diagnosis.

• documented with medical terminology.

_____________ ______________ is not regulated by HIPAA law and therefore use of ICD-10-CM is not required.

(a)  

When billing a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) program, what will happen to a claim if the most specific code available is not used?

• Claim will be rejected.

• Claim will be paid at a lower rate.

• Claim will be paid at a 10% penalty.

• Claim will not be processed.

A hyphen in the Alphabetic Index is a reminder to the coder that

• it is not necessary to look in the Tabular List.

• they need to look further in the Tabular List to select the right code.

• there are no additional codes available.

• they need to look at another word to find the correct code.