Diagnostic Coding

Question 1

How are the parentheses used?

Answer 1

around descriptions that do not affect the code

Question 2

_______ are used in the Tabular List after an incomplete term that needs one of the following terms to make it assignable to a category.

Answer 2

colons :

Question 3

NEC

Answer 3

not elsewhere classified

Question 4

There are ____ types of Excludes codes

Answer 4

two

Question 5

Which convention indicates that an added code should be utilized, if available?

Answer 5

Use additional code

Question 6

When brackets in the Alphabetic Index convention is used, the code in the brackets is the

Answer 6

[secondary code]

Question 7

________ are used around descriptions that are supplementary and nonessential terms

Answer 7

(parentheses)

Question 8

How is the : colon used in ICD-10

Answer 8

after an incomplete term that needs another term to make is assignable

Question 9

The instruction that appears when a category is not to be used as the primary diagnosis…

Answer 9

code first underlying disease

Question 10

words that appear after a term to indicate a cross-reference

Answer 10

see aslo; see

Question 11

Where can you find the diagnosis if your provider uses a SOAP note?

Answer 11

in the assessment

Question 12

“Multiple coding” is used when…

Answer 12

one code does not fully describe the patients diagnosis

Question 13

What is the term for the 3 character category

Answer 13

rubric

Question 14

“suspected, Rule Out, Probable” are used to flag a diagnosis that is…

Answer 14

uncertain

Question 15

“That condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the HOSPITAL for care”

Answer 15

Principal diagnosis

Question 16

Multiple coding often occurs when

Answer 16

a disease condition is the result of another condition

Question 17

Subsequent diagnosis is also referred to as a

Answer 17

secondary diagnosis

Question 18

In outpatient coding, when should the symptoms that lead the patient to seek care be coded?

Answer 18

When there is an unclear diagnosis; until there is an absolute diagnosis made

Question 19

There are over 700 DRGs. What is a DRG?

Answer 19

Diagnosis-Related Groups; based on 4 elements of inpatient coding

Question 20

When a patient is healthy and has no problems a ____ code is used in the outpatient setting

Answer 20

Z (zer is noting wrong wit zis patient)

Question 21

The 4 elements to diagnosis-related goups

Answer 21

Principal diagnosis (what’s wrong)
Age of the patient (how old)
Procedure preformed (how fix)
Discharge status of the patient (when leave)

Question 22

Multiple coding often occurs when

Answer 22

a disease or condition is the result of another condition

Question 23

Example of health status codes

Answer 23

encounter for chemotherapy
encounter for vaccination

Question 24

ICD-10 created _______ codes for poisonings so that, in many cases, only one code is required

Answer 24

combination

Question 25

Which 7th character designates a subsequent encounter

Answer 25

D (der is more to be done here)

Question 26

This column in the Table of Drugs and Chemicals is used when the correct substance is properly administered in the correct dose but caused a poisoning/reaction

Answer 26

Adverse effect

Question 27

Coding burns usually requires ___ codes

Answer 27

3 Extent, Degree, Cause
(How bad, how deep, how?)

Question 28

Te Table of Drugs and Chemicals is located

Answer 28

directly after the Alphabetic index

Question 29

Type ___ diabetes is non insulin-dependant diabetes

Answer 29

2

Question 30

What was added to ICD-10 when coding fractures?

Answer 30

Laterality
Mandatory 7th character