Question 1

The proximal tip of the elbow is also known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  trochlear notch. 
B)  greater tubercle. 
C)  olecranon. 
D)  shaft. 
A)  trochlear notch. 
B)  greater tubercle. 
C)  olecranon. 
D)  shaft.

Question 2

How many bones are in the adult human body?

Accepted Answer

A)  113 
B)  145 
C)  206 
D)  228 
A)  113 
B)  145 
C)  206 
D)  228

Question 3

How many carpal bones are there?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  4 
C)  6 
D)  8 
A)  2 
B)  4 
C)  6 
D)  8

Question 4

What is the correct code for a displaced oblique fracture to the shaft of the left tibia, initial encounter?

Accepted Answer

A)  S82.231D 
B)  S82.222A 
C)  S82.232A 
D)  S82.242G 
A)  S82.231D 
B)  S82.222A 
C)  S82.232A 
D)  S82.242G

Question 5

How many sections is the sternum divided into?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5 
A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5

Question 6

How many bones in the adult human body make up the axial skeleton?

Accepted Answer

A)  22 
B)  45 
C)  80 
D)  114 
A)  22 
B)  45 
C)  80 
D)  114

Question 7

How many bones in the adult human body make up the appendicular skeleton?

Accepted Answer

A)  22 
B)  45 
C)  80 
D)  126 
A)  22 
B)  45 
C)  80 
D)  126

Question 8

Which of the following is not a bone in the cranium?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parietal 
B)  Frontal 
C)  Occipital 
D)  Mandible 
A)  Parietal 
B)  Frontal 
C)  Occipital 
D)  Mandible

Question 9

How many pairs of ribs does a human have?

Accepted Answer

A)  6 
B)  8 
C)  10 
D)  12 
A)  6 
B)  8 
C)  10 
D)  12

Question 10

What is the correct code for adolescent postural kyphosis in the thoracolumbar region?

Accepted Answer

A)  M40.00 
B)  M40.03 
C)  M40.04 
D)  M40.05 
A)  M40.00 
B)  M40.03 
C)  M40.04 
D)  M40.05

Question 11

Which of the following seventh characters is used to show that the patient was seen to check for healing of a fracture?

Accepted Answer

A)  A 
B)  D 
C)  G 
D)  K 
A)  A 
B)  D 
C)  G 
D)  K

Question 12

Which set of ribs are also called the true ribs?

Accepted Answer

A)  1-7 
B)  8-10 
C)  11-12 
D)  None of these 
A)  1-7 
B)  8-10 
C)  11-12 
D)  None of these

Question 13

Which set of ribs are also called the false ribs?

Accepted Answer

A)  1-7 
B)  8-10 
C)  11-12 
D)  None of these 
A)  1-7 
B)  8-10 
C)  11-12 
D)  None of these

Question 14

What are the correct codes for a patient who slipped on the ice and fractured the head of his left femur?

Accepted Answer

A)  S72.032A, W00.0XXA 
B)  S72.042A, W00.0XXA 
C)  S72.045A, W00.0XXA 
D)  S72.052A, W00.0XXA 
A)  S72.032A, W00.0XXA 
B)  S72.042A, W00.0XXA 
C)  S72.045A, W00.0XXA 
D)  S72.052A, W00.0XXA

Question 15

Which of the following types of fractures happens when the bone has been placed inward?

Accepted Answer

A)  Avulsion 
B)  Burst 
C)  Comminuted 
D)  Depressed 
A)  Avulsion 
B)  Burst 
C)  Comminuted 
D)  Depressed

Question 16

Which of the following types of fractures happens when a vertebra has been crushed in all directions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Avulsion 
B)  Burst 
C)  Comminuted 
D)  Depressed 
A)  Avulsion 
B)  Burst 
C)  Comminuted 
D)  Depressed

Question 17

The breastbone is also known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  thoracic cage. 
B)  thoracic vertebrae. 
C)  ribs. 
D)  sternum. 
A)  thoracic cage. 
B)  thoracic vertebrae. 
C)  ribs. 
D)  sternum.

Question 18

What is the correct code for a patient being seen for a stress fracture of the ischium with delayed healing?

Accepted Answer

A)  S32.602A 
B)  S32.601D 
C)  M84.350G 
D)  M84.353D 
A)  S32.602A 
B)  S32.601D 
C)  M84.350G 
D)  M84.353D

Question 19

Which of the following bones is also called the tailbone?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coccyx 
B)  Lumbar 
C)  Thoracic 
D)  Sacrum 
A)  Coccyx 
B)  Lumbar 
C)  Thoracic 
D)  Sacrum

Question 20

How many bones are in the adult human skull?

Accepted Answer

A)  8 
B)  14 
C)  22 
D)  40 
A)  8 
B)  14 
C)  22 
D)  40

Exam 17: Coding Skeletal Conditions

The proximal tip of the elbow is also known as the:

How many bones are in the adult human body?

How many carpal bones are there?

What is the correct code for a displaced oblique fracture to the shaft of the left tibia, initial encounter?

How many sections is the sternum divided into?

How many bones in the adult human body make up the axial skeleton?

How many bones in the adult human body make up the appendicular skeleton?

Which of the following is not a bone in the cranium?

How many pairs of ribs does a human have?

What is the correct code for adolescent postural kyphosis in the thoracolumbar region?

Which of the following seventh characters is used to show that the patient was seen to check for healing of a fracture?

Which set of ribs are also called the true ribs?

Which set of ribs are also called the false ribs?

What are the correct codes for a patient who slipped on the ice and fractured the head of his left femur?

Which of the following types of fractures happens when the bone has been placed inward?

Which of the following types of fractures happens when a vertebra has been crushed in all directions?

The breastbone is also known as the:

What is the correct code for a patient being seen for a stress fracture of the ischium with delayed healing?

Which of the following bones is also called the tailbone?

How many bones are in the adult human skull?

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