Exam 2: Foundations of ICD-10-CM

The ICD-10-CM code A04.8 "Other specified bacterial intestinal infections" would be appropriate to assign when the cause of a patient's enteritis is not specifically described in a more specific ICD-10-CM code. This is an example of a:

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

The following are true of the 2018 edition of the CPC exam except:

Select the true statement regarding guidelines and conventions:

Punctuation marks used to enclose supplemental terms, or nonessential modifiers, are:

Approximately how many codes does the ICD-10-CM manual contain?

A "with" statement connecting the subterms acute and chronic indicates:

Which of the following statements best describes the entities that can utilize the ICD-10-CM manual?

The following notation implies sequencing of the codes when reported:

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?

The ICD-10-CM manual provides the ___________ for the patient's service or procedure.

Sequela is:

In ICD-10-CM, the note indicating that the condition being coded is located elsewhere in the manual and should never be coded with the code under which it is located is the:

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:

A default code is one that:

Donald was seen at Quick Care outpatient urgent care facility. He presented with a mild fever, chills, nausea, and sore throat. Upon examination and throat culture, Donald was diagnosed with Strep throat. Strep throat will be documented as the:

Guidelines for coding pressure ulcer stages are in this chapter:

Square brackets identify mandatory sequencing of etiology-manifestation coding in the:

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