Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

What character is used as a placeholder for a nonexistent digit in ICD-10 when a 6th or 7th digit is required for code specificity?

Which appendix in ICD-9 contains the Classification of Drugs by the American Hospital Formulary Service Number and the ICD-9 Equivalent?

Diagnosis-related groups, or DRGs, are based on all of the following except ____.

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

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

To begin the process of assigning a proper code for a neoplasm in ICD-10, you first consult ____.

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

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?

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

ICD stands for "International ________ of Diseases."

Mary was excited at her last visit to find that she is pregnant. She came in for a prenatal checkup today because she wants to take excellent care of herself and her baby. Everything seems fine, and the physician told her to keep up the good work. The ICD-10 code for routine obstetric care will be found in which of the following series of codes?

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

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?

Jenni is a healthy 24-year-old patient who is in the office today for routine obstetric care. The ICD-9 code for routine obstetric care will be found in which of the following series of codes?

Which of the following ICD-9 and ICD-10 conventions encloses a series of terms, each of which is modified by the statement that appears to the right of it?

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?

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

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

Ellie was playing softball with some friends and was accidentally hit on the nose with a baseball bat when a player on the other team swung at a wild pitch. After examining her nose, the physician tells her that her nose is broken and ordered a complete radiologic examination of the nasal bones. Where will you locate the ICD-9 code for this?

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