Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

Which of the following statements is not correct about coding HIV positivity?

The "extra" codes in ICD-9 that tell the third-party payer how an illness or injury came about are known as ____.

Eight-year-old Geri climbed the oak tree in her back yard to rescue her cat, who had climbed the tree but could not get back down. Unfortunately, Geri slipped and fell out of the tree and hurt her arm. The lower arm is bent at an odd angle and the bone is visible. The physician diagnoses an open fracture and orders X-rays of the lower arm. Where will you locate the ICD-10 code for this?

All ICD-10 codes begin with a(n) ________ character.

Additional terms that are needed to select correct codes are indented after the main term in the Alphabetic Index. These terms are called ________.

In ICD-10, which chapter would include the diagnosis codes for congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities?

Unlike outpatient coding, which uses the patient's primary diagnosis, hospital coding uses the _____ diagnosis, which is the condition that was chiefly responsible for the patient's admission to the hospital.

Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations?

Which convention is used in ICD-9 and ICD-10 to indicate that an entry is not classified as part of the preceding code?

When a practitioner does not document an exact diagnosis, outpatient coding rules require that unclear diagnosis be coded using the ________ that led the patient to seek care, until an absolute diagnosis is made.

The Alphabetic Index is organized by ____.

When "see" appears after a main term, you must look up the term that follows the word "see" in the index. This is an example of a ___________.

Jeremy is a 44-year-old patient who has been diagnosed with mitral regurgitation. He has been having some shortness of breath lately, so today he is having an echocardiogram to evaluate whether the condition has worsened. The ICD-9 code for Jeremy's procedure today is found in which of the following series of codes?

In ICD-10, which chapter contains codes to identify who, what, when, and where an accident or injury occurred?