Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

Implementing ICD-10 is meant to allow greater _______ for diagnosis classifications.

To assign a proper code for a neoplasm in ICD-10, the documentation must state whether it is benign, ________, in situ, or of uncertain behavior.

How many E codes can be used with a single diagnosis code?

Barry is a healthy 32-year-old established patient who has come in for his annual physical exam. When asked if he has any current problems or complaints, he says no. The ICD-9 code for his visit will be found in which of the following code ranges?

When you encounter the word see in the Alphabetic Index, you know that ____.

How often are the ICD codes updated?

ICD-10 contains many more ________ codes than ICD-9, which cuts down the need to use multiple codes for a single diagnosis.

________ codes are used for injuries resulting from various environmental events.

A patient's diagnosis for a visit, as established by the practitioner, ______.

When hypertension is caused by an underlying condition, two codes are required. The first identifies the underlying ________, or cause, and the second codes the hypertension.

In both ICD-9 and ICD-10, the convention code first underlying disease means ____.

Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used in the Tabular List after an incomplete term that needs one of the terms that follow to make it assignable to a given category?

Mrs. Evans has brought her child in for surgery to correct a cleft palate. Which code range in ICD-10 applies to this procedure?

Patients' descriptions of their medical problems is called their ________ complaint and are documented at each visit.

The first step in the process of assigning a proper code for a neoplasm in ICD-10 is to consult which of the following?

The list of abbreviations, punctuation, symbols, typefaces, and instructional notes that appears at the beginning of the ICD and provides guidelines for using the code set are called ________.

A condition that is of sudden onset or that suddenly becomes much worse is considered a(n) ____.

The diseases and injuries in the ________ List of the ICD are organized into chapters according to the source or body system.

Payment for inpatient claims are based on a system known as ________.

In ICD-10, each category in the Tabular List has 3 characters, and each ________ has 4 or 5 characters, with the final code consisting of up to 7 characters.