Ch 12: True and False

Question 1

T/F: A diagnosis should never be coded from the alphabetic list alone

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F: A diagnosis must be determined by the healthcare professional providing the medical care

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F: When the healthcare insurance professional generates an insurance claim for payment of the provider’s services, the written diagnosis must appear on the claim

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F: The U.S. healthcare system currently uses six major coding structures

Answer 4

False

Question 5

T/F: A covered entity under the HIPAA Privacy Rule refers to health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers that transmit health information electronically

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T/F: One of the primary concerns with the former ICD-9 system was the lack of specificity expressed in the codes

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: All publishers must format and arrange the ICD-10 codes identically

Answer 7

False

Question 8

T/F: The Tabular List lists all diagnostic codes in alphanumerical order

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T/F: Anatomical sites are often listed as main terms in ICD-10-CM

Answer 9

False

Question 10

T/F: Essential modifiers must be part of the diagnosis documented in the health record

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T/F: Nonessential modifiers frequently are not a part of the diagnostic statement but are provided to assist the coder in locating the correct code

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F: Main terms cannot be anatomical sites

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F: If a patient has a diagnosis of deviated nasal septum, the main term is nasal

Answer 13

False

Question 14

T/F: ‘See’ or ‘see also’ tells the coder to continue the search under another main term

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F: The Alphabetic Index to Diseases contains a Hypertension table and a Neoplasm table

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T/F: In the Tabular List, a bullet symbol preceding the code indicates the code is no longer in use

Answer 16

False

Question 17

T/F: The Table of Drugs and Chemicals contains a classification of drugs and other chemical substances to identify poisoning states and external causes of adverse effects

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F: In ICD-10, an unspecified side code should be used if laterality is not identified in the diagnostic statement

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F: In ICD-10-CM, any poisoning that was intentional is classified as “poisoning, intentional, self-harm”

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F: Bold type is used in ICD-10 for all exclusion notes and to identify codes that should not be used for describing the first-listed diagnosis

Answer 20

False

Question 21

T/F: When the notation “code first underlying disease” is seen, the etiology is coded before the manifestation

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T/F: Colons are used in the Tabular List after an incomplete term that needs one or more of the modifiers after the colon to make it assignable to a given category

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T/F: ICD-10-CM codes may consist of up to seven characters, with the seventh character extensions representing visit encounter or sequela for injuries and external causes

Answer 23

True

Question 24

T/F: The first character of an ICD-10-CM code is always an alphabetic letter

Answer 24

True

Question 25

T/F: All alpha characters in the ICD-10-CM coding system are case sensitive

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T/F: In ICD-10-CM, codes longer than three characters always have a decimal point after the first three characters

Answer 26

True

Question 27

T/F: Categories of injuries are arranged alphabetically under the main term “Injury” rather than by the type of injury, such as dislocation

Answer 27

True

Question 28

T/F: Indented subterms are never used in combination with the main terms

Answer 28

False

Question 29

T/F: In ICD-10-CM, if a code has only three characters (e.g., B03 Smallpox), the coder can generally assume that the category has not been further subdivided

Answer 29

True

Question 30

T/F: If a code that requires a seventh character is not six characters long, the placeholder “x” must be used to fill in the empty character(s)

Answer 30

True