Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

After listening to the patient's statements, performing an examination, and evaluating the information received from these sources, the physician establishes a(n) ________ that describes the primary condition for which a patient is receiving care.

How many characters are present in ICD-10 codes?

Which ICD-10 convention describes a condition that is not part of the condition represented by the code, but if the patient actually has both conditions, both may be coded?

In ICD-9, three-digit categories known as ________ are used for diseases, injuries, and symptoms.

One of the original reasons for the ICD-9-CM was to classify patient morbidity (sickness) and ________ (death) statistics.

Ellie was playing softball and was accidentally hit on the nose with a baseball bat. After examining her nose, the practitioner tells her that her nose is broken and orders a complete radiologic examination of the nasal bones. Where will the ICD-9 code for this radiologic examination be located?

In ICD-10, in which chapter would a code for an injury diagnosis be found?

What does the ICD convention NEC indicate?

The primary condition for which a patient is receiving care is communicated to the third-party payer through a(n) ________ code on the healthcare claim.

Teresa is being seen today in the urgent care center after spilling a pot of boiling water over her stomach and legs, which resulted in second-degree burns. In which ICD-10 series will you locate the code for her treatment?

The purpose of the appendixes of the ICD-9 manual is to ____.

An easy way to remember when an E code is required is ____.

ICD stands for "International ________ of Diseases."

Which of the following statements is not true about E codes?

Which convention is used in ICD-9 and ICD-10 to set off nonessential or supplementary terms that do not affect the code?

Which of the following conventions is used in ICD-9 and ICD-10 to indicate that the entries following it further define the content of a preceding entry?

Which of these is used only in the hospital inpatient setting?

In ICD-9 the _______ codes are used to identify encounters for reasons other than illness or injury and can be used either as a primary code for an encounter or as an additional code.

Phillip is in the office today for a pre-employment physical that includes a drug test. In which ICD-9 series will you locate the code for this?

Kevin is a 63-year-old patient who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure two years ago. He is having an echocardiogram today so his practitioner can monitor the progression of the disease. The ICD-10 code for Kevin's procedure today is found in which of the following series of codes?