Exam 5: Diagnostic Coding Guidelines

When an admission is for treatment of a complication resulting from surgery, the ____________________ code is sequenced as the principal diagnosis.

Section IV of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting contains the Diagnostic Coding and Reporting Guidelines for ___________________ Services.

When there is a "code first" note and an underlying condition is present, the ____________________ condition should be sequenced first.

A patient is admitted for severe back pain, and it is determined that the patient has kidney stones. The principal diagnosis is ____________________.

A/An ____________________ code is a single code used to classify two diagnoses, or a diagnosis with an associated secondary process or complication.

ICD-10-CM code I25.110, ASHD, native artery with unstable angina is a ______ code.

Codes with three digits are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a/an ____________________ of codes.

Diagnoses documented as probable, suspected, or questionable are _____.

A sequela is the acute illness or injury that has caused a permanent condition.

Signs and symptoms that are associated routinely with a disease process should not be assigned as additional codes.