Exam 2: Foundations of ICD-10-CM

The nomenclature "Open wound of elbow, forearm, and wrist with tendon involvement" may be selected when:

Guidelines for Chapter ______ contain information about the use of symptom codes with and without definitive diagnosis codes and the use of coma scale codes, as well as rules for sequencing SIRS not due to infection and a description of functional quadriplegia.

In ICD-10-CM, an "x" placed in the fourth-, fifth-, or sixth-character place when needed to enable the seventh-character extender to remain in the seventh-character position is the:

In ICD-10-CM, the following notation indicates that separate associated complication or comorbidity is not present:

There are currently no guidelines for these chapters in ICD-10-CM:

Chapter 15 of the ICD-10-CM manual contains guidelines about:

Guidelines including information regarding the sequencing of comorbidities or complications, such as anemia or pathologic fractures, occur in the chapter-specific guidelines of which ICD-10-CM chapter?

A placeholder character is:

In ICD-10-CM, the following notation indicates that separate associated complication or comorbidity is not present:

What is another name for the full description of an ICD-10-CM code?

This is the connecting term between the subterms acute and chronic to indicate ICD-10-CM provides a combination code to describe both conditions:

Stacey presents to the Emergency Room with severe abdominal cramping, nausea, and diarrhea, worsening over the last three hours. Stacey's 4-year-old daughter has stayed home from daycare the last two days with the stomach flu. Stacey also ate shellfish for dinner at a local seafood restaurant. After noting Stacey's signs and symptoms and performing a problem-focused examination, the ED physician was unable to make a definitive diagnosis regarding Stacey's stomach troubles. She did note, however, that Stacey's condition is "probable food poisoning." Based on outpatient coding guidelines, what diagnosis(es) may the ED coder assign for Stacey's encounter?

In ICD-10-CM, the following notation indicates that separate associated complication or comorbidity is not present:

A default code is one that:

The patient's diagnostic story is told by:

The diagnostic statement "Cholera" would be coded as:

Identify the main term in this diagnostic statement: "Congenital atrial septal defect"

When a more specific code is not provided in the ICD manual, the abbreviation _______ is used.

When the acute and chronic forms of a condition are present:

In the medical record, the patient is documented to have the following conditions: lower back pain, blood in the urine, and a kidney infection. The coder would assign ICD-10-CM code(s) for the following condition(s):