Conventions

Question 0

What do brackets enclose in the tabular?

Answer 0

Synonyms, alternate wording or explanatory phrases

Question 1

What do brackets enclose in the alphabetic index mean?

Answer 1

Manifestation codes

Question 2

Index : see

Answer 2

Explicit direction to look elsewhere

Question 3

Index: see also

Answer 3

Go elsewhere only if all the information you are searching for cannot be located

Question 4

Index :see category

Answer 4

Directs to tabular for important information about that specific code

Question 5

And (tab and index)

Answer 5

And or

Question 6

With (tab and index)

Answer 6

Associated with or due to

Question 7

Index of diseases main terms

Answer 7

Disease, condition, nouns, adjectives

eponyms (named for person) are listed as well as the main term for the disease

Never anatomical sites

Question 8

Main terms alphabetic index of procedures

Answer 8

Procedure performed

Never anatomical sites

Question 9

What is coded first, the manifestation or the etiology?

Answer 9

Etiology

Question 10

If a patients’a condition is listed as both acute and chronic and the conditions are listed as separate entries in the alpha index at the same indentation level, what is the first listed?

Answer 10

Code acute first

Question 11

Name the life threatening asthmatic status with symptoms of severe intractable wheezing and airway obstruction not relieved by medication

Answer 11

Asthmaticus

Question 12

How would you code multiple burns?

Answer 12

Separate code for each side

Sequence burn with highest degree first

Question 13

How would you code burns of varying degrees at the same site

Answer 13

Code only the highest degree

Question 14

How would you code an infected burn site?

Answer 14

Code 958.3 as an additional diagnosis (post traumatic wound infection)

Question 15

When the category 946 be used?

Answer 15

ONLY when the burn location is not documented

Question 16

When would you code from category 948?

Answer 16

Site of burn not documented

There’s a need for more data for the burn unit to evaluate burn mortality

There was a mention of third-degree burn involving a 20% or more of the body surface

Question 17

And category 948 what does the fourth digit signify?

Answer 17

The total percentage of body surface involved all degrees

Question 18

Category 948 what doesthe fifth digit signify

Answer 18

The percentage of body that is third-degree

Question 19

Category 948 when is the fifth digit of zero assigned?

Answer 19

When zero to 10% of the total body surface is third degree

Question 20

What is the rule of nines

Answer 20

An estimation of body surface involved

Question 21

According to The rule of nines which parts of the body make up 18% individually

Answer 21

The left leg right leg anterior trunk and posterior trunk

Question 22

According to the rule of nines which body parts make up 9% individually

Answer 22

The head and neck the left and the right arm

Question 23

According to the rule of nines what percentage is the genitalia

Answer 23

One percent

Question 24

When determining the rule of nines what type of patient might the hospital need to change the percentage?

Answer 24

Infants children or obese patients.

Question 25

Documentation of redness at edge of the wound represents cellulitis (true or false)

Answer 25

The physician must document cellulitis

Question 26

True or false: kidney disease is the correct terminology over chronic renal failure

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Chronic kidney disease is coded based upon the severity, what does the fourth digit identity?

Answer 27

Fourth digit the stage

Stages one through five equal fourth digit one through 5

The fourth digit of six is end stage renal disease

Question 28

When coding a congenital anomaly when would you code for the manifestations?

Answer 28

You would only code the manifestations if they are not an inherent component of the congenital anomaly.

Question 29

Is there an age limit to when a congenital anomaly can be coded?

Answer 29

No many symptoms don’t show until much later in life.

Question 30

What is the axis for coding coronary artery bypass graft?

Answer 30

The number of arteries involved

Question 31

What are category II codes?

Answer 31

HCPCS category II covers therapeutic, preventative, patient safety and patient management codes

Question 32

Which diagnosis should be listed first with sequencing inpatient codes according to UHDDS?

Answer 32

The principal diagnosis

Question 33

If a patient is admitted for acute myocardial infarction and the condition has been ruled out, would you still code Ami as the principal?

Answer 33

No