2024/2025 CCS EXAM | CERTIFIED CODING
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A 55-year-old client has hypertensive heart disease with congestive heart
failure. What code would be assigned?
a. I15.8, Other secondary hypertension
b. I11.0, Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure and I50.9,
Heart failure, unspecified
c. I50.9, Heart failure, unspecified and I15.0, Renovascular hypertension
d. N18.6, End stage renal disease ACCURATE>>> b. I11.0, Hypertensive heart
disease with heart failure and I50.9, Heart failure, unspecified
** There is a cause and effect relationship established between the
hypertension and the congestive heart failure. A separate code for the
congestive heart failure is assigned based on the "code also" note (HHS 2017,
Section I.C.9.a., 40).
A surgeon would like to undertake a research study on his clients with stage
II malignant melanoma of the back, who have undergone wide excision of the
melanoma. What work processes and associated software could be used to provide
this information?
a. Obtain a summary of the cases from the cancer registry, import
them into a spreadsheet, and provide to the surgeon.
b. Obtain a summary of the cases from the chart completion software, import
them into a spreadsheet, and provide to the surgeon.
c. Obtain a summary of the cases from the master client index, import them
,into a spreadsheet, and provide to the surgeon.
,d. Obtain a summary of the cases from the transcription tracking software,
import them into a spreadsheet, and provide to the surgeon. ACCURATE>>> a.
Obtain a summary of the cases from the cancer registry, import them into a
spreadsheet, and provide to the surgeon.
**The cancer registry can be used to undertake studies in addition to
reporting cases to a central registry (Sharp and Madlock-Brown 2016, 173).
A facility located near a national park has a significant number of snake
bites, and clients receive treatment with antivenom in urgent-care settings.
Sometimes a client is admitted to the hospital after several days. Can the
urgent-care setting provide the hospital with a list of names of clients
treated with snake antivenom?
a. Only the names of clients who are admitted to the hospital can be requested
if the physician needs it for continuity of care, but an entire list of
clients cannot be provided.
b. A list of names could be provided.
c. No information can be obtained under any circumstances.
d. A list of clients may be available after consultation with the national
park ranger. ACCURATE>>> a. Only the names of clients who are admitted to
the hospital can be requested if the physician needs it for continuity of
care, but an entire list of clients cannot be provided.
**Only records that are required for care or authorized by the client can be
released by the urgent-care facility to the acute-care facility (Brodnik 2012,
225; Rinehart-Thompson 2016b, 243-247).
What diagnoses and procedures should be reported for recurrent left inguinal
, hernia with laparoscopic repair?
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