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Which is the total number of characters in an ICD-10-PCS code - ✔✔-Seven
In the medical and surgical section , which does the third character of the ICD_
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answers, 100% Accurate, Graded A+
Which is the total number of characters in an ICD-10-PCS code - ✔✔-Seven
In the medical and surgical section , which does the third character of the ICD_CM_PCS code always
represent - ✔✔-Root Operation
ICD-10-PCS is the HIPAA-mandated code set for reporting which of the following? - ✔✔-Inpatient
procedures
The second character represents - ✔✔-Body system, general anatomic region, and physiologic system
the root operation selected if another root operation is not performed before the procedure is canceled.
- ✔✔-Inspection
_____ and resection are two root operations that are closely related. - ✔✔-Excision
There are ______ root operations. - ✔✔-31
The characters have a designated meaning, called a _____, represented by a letter or number. - ✔✔-
Value
The fourth character has more than _____ body parts in some specific body systems. - ✔✔-34
When coding using the root operation Detachment, the term ray is used to describe a particular part of
the hand and foot. Which does the fifth ray describe? - ✔✔-Little finger or little toe along with
metacarpal or metatarsal
The inspection of a body part is considered integral to the procedure that is performed and the root
operation. Inspection is not coded separately when - ✔✔-the inspection is solely the method used to get
to the operative site to perform the procedure.
30-year-old patient has a herniorrhaphy without the use of mesh. Which is the root operation - ✔✔-
Repair
The physician documented that the patient had a "Biopsy of a right breast lesion." Which root operation
is used? - ✔✔-Excision
If the physician documents that the patient had a cornea transplant from a cadaver donor, which root
operation is used? - ✔✔-Replacement
The patient was treated for a wart on the thumb of his left hand. The physician performed cryotherapy
of one wart on the thumb on the left hand. Which root operation is used to describe this procedure? -
✔✔-Destruction
The root operation for a free skin graft is _____, but the root operation for a pedicled skin graft is _____.
- ✔✔-Replacement, transfer
Which root operation is used when a foreign body is removed from a body part? - ✔✔-Extirpation
Which root operation describes procedures performed solely for cosmetic reasons? - ✔✔-Alteration
Which is the root operation that can only have an external approach? - ✔✔-Change
The root operation "Control" specifically involves stopping or attempting to stop _____ bleeding. - ✔✔-
postprocedural or other acute
All _____ characters must contain valid values to be valid procedure code. - ✔✔-Seven
_____ procedures always include a device that reinforces a body part without replacing it. - ✔✔-
Supplement
What root operation is used for casting of a nondisplaced fracture? - ✔✔-Immobilization
The ray of the hand consists of _____. - ✔✔-the continuous grouping of a metacarpal and phalanx
associated with one finger
The superior lobe of the right lung is also known as the _____ lobe. The intermediate lobe is also known
as the _____ lobe and the inferior lobe is also known as the _____ lobe of the lung. - ✔✔-Upper, middle,
lower
The term hindquarter includes - ✔✔-buttock, pelvic girdle, entire lower limb
Which is the root operation when a physician frees a nerve root from surrounding scar tissue to relieve
pain? - ✔✔-Release
When resection of a portion of the ascending colon is performed to stop postprocedural bleeding, which
root operation is used? - ✔✔-Control
_____ nerves send impulses from the brain and spinal cord to skeletal muscle. These nerves are named
for the muscles of the body they serve (e.g., the cervical nerve, ulnar nerve, femoral nerve, or the
peroneal nerve). - ✔✔-Somatic
An ENT physician performed a myringotomy with insertion of PE tubes. Which is the root operation for
this procedure? - ✔✔-Drainage
There are many eponyms used when coding procedures from the "Ear, Nose, and Sinus" body system.
When it is unclear what the objective of the procedure is and the coder is unsure of what root operation
to use, which action should the coder take? - ✔✔-Query the physician
The root operation for "Corneal transplant" is _____ because the cornea is a(n) _____. - ✔✔-
Replacement, body part
In the case of a fusion procedure when autologous bone graft material is used, this means that the bone
graft was taken from _____. - ✔✔-The patient
When an entire lymph node chain is cut out, the appropriate root operation is _____. - ✔✔-Resection
The root operation for a PTCA is _____ - ✔✔-Dilation
The root operation for a CABG is _____ - ✔✔-bypass
Sleeve gastrectomy is a procedure performed in bariatric medicine to reduce the size of the stomach by
removing the greater curvature of the stomach. The root operation assigned for this procedure is _____.
- ✔✔-Excision
The thymus gland is located in the _____. - ✔✔-Thoracic cavity
When blood is removed directly from a vein or artery, the root operation assigned is _____. - ✔✔-
Drainage
When a transplantation of a living organ is performed and the source of the organ is an organ donation
from another human being, the qualifier (character 7) assigned is - ✔✔-Allogenic
When a patient has placement of a stent in the coronary artery, this device (character 6) is a(n) _____. -
✔✔-intraluminal device
What device value is used for ports that are implanted for access to a central vein? - ✔✔-Vascular access
device
At the proximal end, the femur has a head, neck, and _____ - ✔✔-trochanter
The _____ are long, fibrous tubes that connect each kidney to the bladder. - ✔✔-Ureters
A renal transplant with removal of the native kidney is coded to the root operation(s) _____. - ✔✔-
transplantation
Tenodesis is coded to the root operation of _____ if the tendon is moved. - ✔✔-Reposition
Tenolysis is coded to the root operation of _____. - ✔✔-Release
The root operation used to code an orchidopexy is __ - ✔✔-Reposition
The root operation _____ is used to code displaced fractures and includes the application of a cast. -
✔✔-Reposition
Typically a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is assigned to the root operation of _____. -
✔✔-Excision
Prostatectomies are performed using various anatomical approaches, such as perineal, suprapubic, and
retropubic. The approach value used for these approaches is _____. - ✔✔-open
Tenodesis is coded to the root operation of _____ if the tendon has been ruptured from the bone
(avulsed) and must be sutured to the bone in the same location. - ✔✔-Reattachement
The approach to be assigned for cesarean section procedures is _____. - ✔✔-Open
This root operation is defined as "determining the level of a physiological or physical function at a point
in time." - ✔✔-Measurement
The root operation that means "exerting a pulling force on a body region in a distal direction" is _____. -
✔✔-Traction
A total abdominal hysterectomy with a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH-BSO) requires _____
code(s) in ICD-10-PCS. - ✔✔-Four
When a woman has a baby vaginally and an incision or instrumentation is required, such as forceps or
internal version, the root operation assigned is _____. - ✔✔-Extraction
During the in vitro fertilization process, when the eggs are fertilized outside the body, this is coded in
the Other Procedures section using the root operation of _____. - ✔✔-other procedures
During the in vitro fertilization process, when the eggs are extracted from the ovary, this is coded using
the root operation of _____ with the body system of _____. - ✔✔-Extraction, female reproductive
The root operation for a cervical cerclage procedure is _____. - ✔✔-Restriction
Which approach is only found in the female reproductive body system for resection? - ✔✔-Via natural
or artificial opening with percutaneous endoscopic assistance
An endometrial biopsy is coded to which root operation? - ✔✔-Extraction
The sixth character qualifier value for the Extracorporeal Therapies section is always _____. - ✔✔-Z -
none
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an example of _____. - ✔✔-tomographic
nuclear medicine imaging
WAIS is an acronym that is an example of a(n) _____. - ✔✔-intellectual and psychoe
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