Exam 22: Fundamental Coding Guidelines

When a condition is produced as a manifestation of another condition or a complication of a treatment, disease, or condition, more than one code is needed to clearly define the condition, injury, or disease. This is noted by which instructional note or notes in the ICD manual?

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:

When a condition is produced as a manifestation of another condition or a complication of a treatment, disease, or condition, more than one code is needed to clearly define the condition, injury, or disease. This is noted by which instructional note or notes in the ICD manual?

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:

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

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:

Why is it necessary for a medical coder to use a current edition of the AMA CPT manual?

A patient is diagnosed with sickle cell crisis and acute chest syndrome with respiratory failure. Select the correct ICD codes:

A 32-year-old female was diagnosed with premature menopause that is symptomatic of ovarian failure and is experiencing headaches, flushing, and night sweats. Select the correct ICD-10-CM code(s):

The patient is in the intensive care unit with fluid overload with acute renal failure. He has type 2 DM and sepsis. The patient is sedated and on a ventilator because of respiratory failure. Code the diagnoses only:

Where in the CPT manual will a coder locate all the instructions necessary to properly code a procedure?

Which is an example of a pathologic fracture?

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?

Where in the CPT manual will a coder locate all the instructions necessary to properly code a procedure?

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?

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

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:

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:

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:

A patient is diagnosed with sickle cell crisis and acute chest syndrome with respiratory failure. Select the correct ICD codes: