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Miscarriage - ANSWER✔✔A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been
treated two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had
resolved, and she is afebrile at this time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation
and curettage and products of conception are found. Which of the following
should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis
Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to adequately
excise the lesion described in the operative report - ANSWER✔✔If a patient has
an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the
body area from which the excision occurs and which of the following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to
adequately excise the lesion described in the operative report
Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management -
ANSWER✔✔A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath and
congestive heart failure. The patient subsequently develops respiratory failure.
The patient undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which of the
following would be the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation, ventilator management
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
,CPT - ANSWER✔✔Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code
medical procedures and services?
A. CPT
B. HCPCS
C. ICD-10-PCS
D. SNOMED CT
Cholecystitis - ANSWER✔✔A patient is admitted to the hospital with abdominal
pain. The principal diagnosis is cholecystitis. The patient also has a history of
hypertension and diabetes. In the DRG prospective payment system, which of the
following would determine the MDC assignment for this patient?
a. Abdominal pain
b. Cholecystitis
c. Hypertension
d. Diabetes
B. Infectious gastroenteritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; angina -
ANSWER✔✔A patient was admitted for abdominal pain with diarrhea and was
diagnosed with infectious gastroenteritis. The patient also has angina and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. Which of the following would be the correct
coding and sequencing for this case?
a. Abdominal pain; infectious gastroenteritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease; angina
b. Infectious gastroenteritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; angina
c. Gastroenteritis; abdominal pain; angina
d. Gastroenteritis; abdominal pain; diarrhea; chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease; angina
Expanded codes that capture more detail - ANSWER✔✔Coding accuracy is
anticipated to improve due to which ICD-10-CM enhancement?
a. Less combination codes
b. Increased cross referencing
c. Removal of laterality
d. Expanded codes that capture more detail
Does not require documentation of the type of test performed; the physician's
diagnostic statement that the condition is confirmed is sufficient -
,ANSWER✔✔Code only a confirmed diagnosis of Zika virus (A92.5, Zika virus
disease) as documented by the provider. In this context, "confirmation"
__________.
a. Does not require documentation of the type of test performed; the physician's
diagnostic statement that the condition is confirmed is sufficient
b. Requires the documentation of the type of test in addition to the physician's
diagnostic statement
c. Must be provided by the laboratory findings report
d. Requires that the Public Health Agency be contacted
Asthma with status asthmaticus - ANSWER✔✔A 7-year-old patient was admitted
to the emergency department for treatment of shortness of breath. The patient is
given epinephrine and nebulizer treatments. The shortness of breath and
wheezing are unabated following treatment. What diagnosis should be
suspected?
a. Acute bronchitis
b. Acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
c. Asthma with status asthmaticus
d. Chronic obstructive asthma
Etiology - ANSWER✔✔What does the fourth character of an ICD-10-CM diagnosis
code capture?
A. Anatomic Site
B. Severity
C. Etiology
D. Supplemental information
Partial nephrectomy - ANSWER✔✔To help clarify terms that currently have
overlapping meaning, ICD-10-PCS has defined root operations. What is an
example of the root operation of Excision?
a. Partial nephrectomy
b. Total nephrectomy
c. Total lobectomy
d. Total mastectomy
The provider's statement that the patient has a particular condition -
ANSWER✔✔The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on ______.
, A. The coder's assessment of the health record
B. The provider's statement that the patient has a particular condition
C. Clinical criteria used by the provider to establish the diagnosis
D. Its inclusion in the discharge summary
Complication - ANSWER✔✔Which of the following is a condition that arises
during hospitalization?
A. Case mix
B. Complication
C. Comorbidty
D. Principal diagnosis
None of the above
(Volume 1 contains Tabular Index
Volume 2 is the alphabetic index
Volume 3 lists procedure codes that are only used by hospitals) -
ANSWER✔✔Which volume of ICD-10-CM contains the Tabular and Alphabetic
Index of procedures?
A. Volume 1
B. Volume 2
C. Volume 3
D. None of the above
Hematuria; adverse reaction to Coumadin - ANSWER✔✔A physician correctly
prescribes Coumadin. The patient takes the Coumadin as prescribed but develops
hematuria as a result of taking the medication. Which of the following is the
correct way to code this case?
a. Poisoning due to Coumadin
b. Unspecified adverse reaction to Coumadin
c. Hematuria; poisoning due to Coumadin
d. Hematuria; adverse reaction to Coumadin
Query the physician to determine if the patient has sepsis due to the
symptomatology - ANSWER✔✔An 80-year-old female is admitted with fever,
lethargy, hypotension, tachycardia, oliguria, and elevated WBC. The patient has
more than 100,000 organisms of Escherichia coli per cc of urine. The attending
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