Exam 5: Coding Infectious Diseases

Davita, 2 days old, is diagnosed with sepsis due to E. coli. The coder should assign code?

Debbie Simmons is diagnosed with influenza with respiratory manifestations. The main term is ________; the correct diagnosis code is ________.

Coding for septic shock will require:

What is the most common nail fungus infection?

Primary immunodeficiency disorders include all of the following except:

Eugene Williams was diagnosed with pneumococcal streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. The main term is ________; the code is ________.

Which of the following is not a communicable disease?

A physical reaction, such as fever and chills, to an unspecified pathogen is a diagnosis referred to by the acronym

Refer to your ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.1.f. The guideline states: If the provider documents "suspected", "possible", or "probable"________, do not assign code A92.5. Assign a code(s) explaining the reason for encounter (such as fever, rash, or joint pain) or ________, Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases.

________ is severe; serious.

When reporting an inconclusive HIV test, the coder will assign code:

Signs of Cellulitis include all of the following except:

Dysentery is transmitted by:

The diagnosis of sepsis must include:

Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.1.e.1.b which states: When there is documentation of a current infection due to ________, and that infection does not have a combination code that includes the causal organism, assign the appropriate code to identify the condition along with code ________, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere for the MRSA infection.

When an infection or virus spreads throughout the entire body it is known as:

Malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, is an example of a:

Primarily, one category is used to report AMR. What is that category?

Mushrooms, yeast, and mold are edible forms of:

Which of the following embed themselves in host cells and can be difficult to isolate?