Exam 4: Introduction to Icd-10-Cm

Outpatient coders cannot assign a diagnosis code for a diagnosis documented as:

Matthew came to see Dr. Lindsay complaining of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Matthew is diagnosed with influenza with gastrointestinal manifestations. The coder should assign code:

The coder ________ report(s) a code directly from the Alphabetic Index without checking it in the Tabular List.

If one code exists with a description that includes two or more diagnoses identified in one patient at the same time, you must choose the code that includes as many conditions as available. These codes are known as:

If two (or more) diagnoses are of equal severity, then report them in order of anatomical site- ________.

NEC stands for:

The Neoplasm Table is set up as a seven-column table organized by the information in column 1-the anatomical location of the tumor, in alphabetic order. Moving to the right, what information is found in column four?

Alicia is diagnosed with acute myocarditis due to Streptococcus. The coder should assign which code?

In the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index turn to Pneumoconiosis. What punctuation(s) do you find?

The section of the ICD-10-CM code book listing drugs, chemicals, and other biologicals that may poison a patient or result in an adverse reaction is known as the:

_______ will show you alternate terms, alternate phrases, and/or synonyms to provide additional detail or explanation to the description.

What is the correct code for a patient being seen for high-risk bisexual behavior?

A condition that affects the entire body and virtually all body systems, therefore requiring the physician to consider this in his or her medical decision making for any other condition is known as a:

In the ICD-10-CM Tabular List turn to code G04.01. What notation do you find under this code?

A patient complains of dizziness. The physician states that she has hypertension. The coder should assign a code for:

Emily is diagnosed with rat-bite fever. The coder should assign which code?

Dr. Peterie examines Thomas because he has a family history of prostate cancer. The main term is ________, and the correct diagnosis code is ________

A/An ________ notation is a warning to stop and double-check the documentation so you don't report the code above the notation when a code shown in the notation may be more accurate.

Once you have a suggested code from the Alphabetic Index, Neoplasm Table, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, and/or the Index to External Cause Codes, you will need to find that code in the

A breakout section of the Alphabetic Index listing the suggested codes for benign and malignant neoplasms is known as the: