Exam 6: ICD-10-Cm Coding

When the word and appears in ICD-10-CM tabular list category titles and code descriptions, it is interpreted as meaning __________.

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Which ICD-10-CM code is assigned?

ICD-10-CM was developed in the United States and is used to classify __________ data from inpatient and outpatient records, including provider-based office records.

Which is the face-to-face contact between a patient and a health care provider who assesses and treats the patient's condition?

Which is routinely completed prior to an inpatient admission or outpatient surgery to facilitate the patient's treatment and reduce the length of stay?

Automating the medical coding process is the goal of __________, which uses a natural language processing engine to "read" patient records and generate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, HCPCS level II, and CPT codes.

The __________ instruction requires the causal condition to be sequenced first if present.

Amebic cystitis is represented by which ICD-10-CM code?

ICD-10-CM codes require up to __________ characters, are entirely alphanumeric, and have unique coding conventions, such as Excludes1 and Excludes2.

ICD-10-CM's Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services are incorporated into the tabular list as chapter __________.

Renal heart disease due to hypertension. Which ICD-10-CM code(s) should be assigned?

Cancer described as metastatic to a site is considered __________.

Sprain of thyroid cartilage, initial encounter is represented by which ICD-10-CM code?

Malunion of nondisplaced bimalleolar fracture, right ankle. Which ICD-10-CM code should be assigned?

When patient record documentation provides detail for which a specific code does not exist in ICD-10-CM, the index entries contain the abbreviation NEC so that coders are alerted to classify such conditions as __________ codes in the tabular list.

When the word in appears in the ICD-10-CM index, it is located in alphabetical order below the main term. To assign a code from the list of qualifiers below the word in, the physician must document __________ condition(s) in the patient record.

Which punctuation is used after an incomplete term or phrase in the ICD-10-CM index and tabular list when one or more modifiers (additional terms) is needed to assign a code?

The ICD-10-CM Table of Neoplasms is indexed according to anatomic site and contains four cellular classifications, organized in columns: malignant, benign, uncertain behavior, and unspecified nature. Which column classifies the metastasis of cancer?

An outpatient is treated in which of the following settings?

The ICD-10-CM Table of Drugs and Chemicals is an alphabetic index of medicinal, chemical, and biological substances that result in poisonings and adverse effects. The first column of the table lists generic names of drugs and chemicals with four columns for poisonings, one column for adverse effects, and one column for underdosing. Which column is reviewed to locate a code for a poisoning that results from a deliberate overdose, such as a suicide attempt, of substance(s) administered/taken or intoxication that includes purposely combining prescription drugs with nonprescription drugs or alcohol?