Exam 2: Foundations of ICD-10-CM

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:

What is an abbreviation that means "not elsewhere classified?"

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

Select the true statement regarding the first-listed diagnosis:

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

The ability of a coder to accurately and efficiently assign proper diagnosis codes within compliance guidelines relies on his/her knowledge of all of the following except:

Providers will sometimes confuse impending or threatened conditions with:

Impending or threatened conditions are:

On what date did the final implementation of ICD-10-CM take place?

The ability of a coder to accurately and efficiently assign proper diagnosis codes within compliance guidelines relies on his/her knowledge of all of the following except:

Impending or threatened conditions are:

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):

A sign is a(n):

In ICD-10-CM, alphabetic seventh characters used to complete the description of many codes by conveying additional information are the:

A coder identifies _______ when he/she determines the answer to the question "What did the patient suffer from?"

A code that identifies both the chronic and acute forms of a condition in one code is known as a:

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

When a definitive diagnosis has not been made:

An unspecified code would be assigned to a code known as a ___________ code.

There are currently no guidelines for these chapters: