Exam 5: Diagnostic Coding

An ___ effect is a reaction to a drug that occurs when the appropriate drug is taken, using the appropriate dosage.

The diagnosis obtained following review of studies for the condition that prompted inpatient hospitalization is the

Which of the following is NOT a reason why medical practices have adopted computer-assisted coding?

Place of occurrence codes are reported to identify the location of the patient at the time of injury and are reported

Fractures are coded as open if there is no indication of whether the fracture is open or closed.

Alphabetic Index entries with the acronym ____ indicate that there is no further classification of the disease in ICD-10-CM.

ICD-10-PCS used in hospital billing replaces which volume of ICD-9-CM?

Diagnoses that relate to a patient's previous medical problem and that have no bearing on the patient's present condition should be __________ when coding.

Cysts and lesions are not neoplasms.

When reporting preoperative evaluations,

All codes should be verified in ICD-10-CM Volume 1.

Which of the following are examples of diagnosis-related procedures?

Carcinoma in situ is used to describe

When a neoplasm has been analyzed by the pathologist but has not been confirmed as benign or malignant, it would be coded from the column labeled _____.

The Official Coding Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are a set of rules developed for coding of inpatient and outpatient services.

Always code to the highest level of ____.

Where does the Alphabetic Index of the ICD-10-CM coding manual instruct the coder to go when looking up the condition leiomyosarcoma?

The diagnostic statement "metastatic to" indicates primary stage carcinoma.

ICD-10-CM codes listed in Volume 1 of the ICD-10-CM manual contain seven characters.

Routine outpatient prenatal care is reported with a code from category ___.