ICD-10-CM Exam Pool Questions and
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ICD-10-CM codes are required on the claim by payers in order to pay the claims. T/F - ✔✔-True
1. ICD-10-CM codes are used to translate verbal or narr
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ICD-10-CM Exam Pool Questions and
Answers, 100% Accurate, Verified.
ICD-10-CM codes are required on the claim by payers in order to pay the claims. T/F - ✔✔-True
1. ICD-10-CM codes are used to translate verbal or narrative descriptions into numeric designations. T/F
- ✔✔-True
1. The symbol that instructs you to use an additional ICD-10-CMcode in all manuals is a plus symbol ( + ).
T/F - ✔✔-False
1. The same coding guidelines apply to both the inpatient and outpatient settings. T/F - ✔✔-False
1. In the outpatient setting the term "first listed diagnosis" is used instead of "principal diagnosis." T/F -
✔✔-True
1. The first listed diagnosis is the diagnosis that the physician lists first. T/F - ✔✔-False
ICD-10-CM codes are alphanumeric, with all codes beginning with a number. T/F - ✔✔-False
1. ICD-10-CM codes have a maximum of five characters T/F - ✔✔-False
1. The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are updated every year by CMS and AMA T/F - ✔✔-
False
1. If there are separate codes for both the acute and chronic forms of a condition, the code for the
chronic condition is sequenced first as long as both codes are listed at the same indentation level of the
Index T/F - ✔✔-False
A code from subcategory R65.2, Severe sepsis, should not be assigned unless severe sepsis or an
associated acute organ dysfunction is documented T/F - ✔✔-True
1. If the patient has documented HIV, the HIV must be the first listed diagnosis even if the patient is seen
for a condition unrelated to HIV. T/F - ✔✔-False
1. Mood disorders are also known as affective disorders with the main characteristic of disturbance in
mood, most commonly anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorders. T/F - ✔✔-True
Central pain and chronic pain have the same meaning. T/F - ✔✔-False
1. The Eustachian tube is part of the inner ear. T/F - ✔✔-False
Entropion is the outward turning of the margin of the eyelid. T/F - ✔✔-False
1. Terms that may be used to describe a threatened condition include:
a. Evolving
b. Impending
c. Threatening
d. all the above - ✔✔-d. all the above
A combination code is a single code used to classify:
a. Two diagnoses
b. A diagnosis with an associated secondary process (manifestation)
c. A diagnosis with an associated complication
d. All the above - ✔✔-d. All the above
The following statement(s) is true regarding late effects:
a. A patient may develop more than one residual
.b. A residual may occur months after an injury.
c. There is no time limit for the development of a residual.
d. all the above - ✔✔-d. all the above
WHO - ✔✔-World Health Organization
ICD - ✔✔-International Classification of Diseases
ICD-10-CM - ✔✔-International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification
When two or more diagnoses equally meet the definition for principal diagnosis? - ✔✔-Either one can
be selected as the principal diagnosis
It is acceptable to assign codes in the inpatient setting to diagnoses that are documented as? - ✔✔-
Being "probable," "suspected," or "likely".
In the inpatient setting, the physician documents possible aspiration pneumonia in the discharge
summary? - ✔✔-The aspiration pneumonia is coded as if it exists
Patient is admitted with dysuria due to a severe urinary tract infection. What diagnoses should be
reported? - ✔✔-Urinary Tract Infection
The discharge summary states the patient's diagnoses are peptic ulcer disease versus chronic
cholecystitis. Which diagnoses should be reported? - ✔✔-Both Peptic Ulcer disease and Chronic
Cholecystitis "either one can be principal."
This crosswalks ICD-9-C M codes to ICD-10-C M codes: - ✔✔-GEMs
The perinatal period extends through the first? - ✔✔-28 days following birth.
Non-healing burns should be coded as? - ✔✔-Acute Burns
HIV infection cannot be reported if it is documented as? - ✔✔-"suspected" or "pos
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