Exam 22: Fundamental Coding Guidelines

The language that is built on medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology and describes services, procedures, and the medical necessity of those services and procedures is referred to as:

Four people were seen in the ED. Which one will receive a diagnosis of poisoning? Patient A: digitalis toxicity Patient B: allergic reaction to contrast dye used for a CT exam Patient C: syncope after taking antihistamine with alcohol Patient D: reaction between two properly administered prescription drugs

Many conditions and diseases have "sequelae (late effects)," such as a CVA. How much time must elapse between the incident and the acute symptoms for a residual condition to be coded as a sequela (late effect)?

A 67-year-old female patient with stage 5 chronic kidney disease presents today for ongoing dialysis. Choose the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes:

The patient has type 2 diabetes mellitus that is controlled with insulin and complicated by proliferative retinopathy, gangrene, and ketonuria. Identify the correct ICD-10-CM codes:

A 67-year-old female patient with stage 5 chronic kidney disease presents today for ongoing dialysis. Choose the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes:

The language that is built on medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology and describes services, procedures, and the medical necessity of those services and procedures is referred to as:

CPT code range 90281-99607 is located in which section of the CPT manual?

The language that is built on medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology and describes services, procedures, and the medical necessity of those services and procedures is referred to as:

A physician performed a simple mastectomy on both the left and right breasts-19303 mastectomy, simple, complete. Assign the appropriate modifier to be added to 19303 to indicate that both breasts were removed in the same operative session:

The diagnostic statement "goiter, nodular nontoxic" would be coded as an unspecified nontoxic goiter, ICD-10 CM code E04.9, because the diagnosis does not describe the condition as diffuse, uninodular, multinodular, or other specified nontoxic goiter. This is an example of which abbreviation used in ICD?

An elderly patient was admitted with malnutrition. He had suffered a stroke 2 years previously that left him with dysphagia. He was treated for the malnutrition with hyperalimentation. He was also diagnosed with hypokalemia. What are the correct codes?

The patient is admitted for severe anemia due to chemotherapy treatments for metastatic bone cancer. The primary site is the prostate. What are the correct ICD-10-CM codes?

A patient returns to the physician's office with flulike symptoms during the postoperative period for an appendectomy performed 1 month ago. Which modifier would need to be appended to today's office visit?

The patient is admitted to the ER for excessive weight loss and dehydration. The patient has a history of HIV-2 and has been taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors. Assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes:

The diagnostic statement "goiter, nodular nontoxic" would be coded as an unspecified nontoxic goiter, ICD-10 CM code E04.9, because the diagnosis does not describe the condition as diffuse, uninodular, multinodular, or other specified nontoxic goiter. This is an example of which abbreviation used in ICD?

The flow of a practice's revenue, which begins when charges for services, procedures, or supplies are incurred and continues until those charges are paid in full or adjusted off the account is known as the:

A patient who is suffering from osteosarcoma located above the right knee begins chemotherapy treatment at today's encounter. Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes to be reported for this encounter:

The patient is admitted for severe anemia due to chemotherapy treatments for metastatic bone cancer. The primary site is the prostate. What are the correct ICD-10-CM codes?

A physician performed a simple mastectomy on both the left and right breasts-19303 mastectomy, simple, complete. Assign the appropriate modifier to be added to 19303 to indicate that both breasts were removed in the same operative session: