Exam 2: Icd-9-Cm

A 32-year-old is admitted for a scheduled c-section for her first pregnancy because the woman is very petite and carrying twins. She has had a normal pregnancy all term. She is currently at 37 weeks, 5 days. She delivered one male and one female twin. Assign the appropriate code(s).

Patient is admitted from the physician's office for IV hydration. Patient is 3 weeks into chemotherapy for breast cancer of the lower outer quadrant and has not been able to keep foods or fluid down. Patient has lost 10 pounds and is clearly dehydrated. Assign the appropriate code(s).

______________________________ is a side effect due to a medication properly prescribed and administered.

Patient is status post radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer 2 weeks ago. She is seen for her first chemotherapy session today. How is this coded?

When coding for neoplasms, what code is assigned when the physician did not specify the exact behavior of the cancer but noted to be of a specific site?

E codes are used as the principal diagnosis for instances of injury or poisoning.

If a patient is being treated with hypertension medications and the physician states that her blood pressure is well controlled, a code from the "benign" column of the hypertension table is assigned.

The coder should always review the ______________________________ when coding a surgery if specimens were removed.

What is the exception to the coding guideline where if a diagnosis documented at the time of discharge is "probable" or "suspected" or "questionable" is not coded as if confirmed?

When coding diseases that are caused by a specific organism, the coder should assign a code for the condition and the causative organism. Under what term would the organism be located?

Words following the main term located in parentheses are modifiers that have no impact on assigning that code.

Signs and symptoms that are not part of a disease process are coded.

E codes can be sequenced as a principal diagnosis for ER visits.

An elderly woman is taking multiple prescription medications for hypertensive heart disease and depression. She proceeded to take pseudophedrine over the counter and began experiencing palpitations. She went to the ER and was treated and released. How would this be coded?

A visible clinical observation or evidence determined by the physician is called a _____.

Selecting the appropriate principal diagnosis is called ____________________.

ICD-9 is updated twice a year: each April and October.

ICD-9 Volume 3 is used exclusively in _____.

Codes located in slanted brackets [ ] indicate that the code _______.

It is important for the coder to read all subterms under a procedure to help determine if it is the operative approach. How would this be indicated?