Chapter 03 Intro Icd 10 CM

Chapter 03 : Introduction to ICD 10 CM – Set A
1. NEC and NOS are ___ used in the ICD-10-CM codebook.

a. Abbreviations c. Essential modifiers
b. Eponyms d. Qualifiers
2. Who are the parties responsible for providing the ICD-10-CM guidelines?
a. AAPC and AMA c. NCHS and CMS
b. AMA and CMS d. WHO and CMS
3. What type of code is assigned when the provider documents reason for a patient seeking
health care that is not an injury or disease?
a. External cause code (V00-Y99) c. Non- specific code
b. ICD-10-PCS code d. Z code (Z00-Z99)
4. In the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index what is the code it next to the main term called?
a. Category Code c. Default Code
b. Subcategory Code d. Unspecified Code
5. What does ICD- 10-CM stand for?
a. International Code Diagnosis-10, Coding Medical
b. International Class Diagnosis 10th Book, Clinical Medicine
c. Infections Classified Diseases 10th Revision, Clinical Modification
d. International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification
6. What section of the ICD-10-CM guidelines contains instructions on how to code for a
patient receiving diagnostic services only in an outpatient setting?
a. Section I c. Section III
b. Section II d. Section IV
7. What is an example of an eponym?
a. Neuropathy c. Salphingo-oophoritis
b. Paget’s disease d. Xanthoma
8. The term malignant, benign, in situ and uncertain behavior are all terms used when
coding what?
a. Lumps c. Seeds
b. Neoplasms d. Skin rashes
9. What is the meaning of provider in the ICD - 10 - CM guidelines?
a. The hospital c. Insurance company
b. The physician d. The patient
10. What month does the new ICD - 10 - CM code book take effect each year?
a. January c. October
b. March d. December
11. According to ICD - 10 - CM guideline I.B.1 use both ___ and ___ when locating and
assigning a diagnosis code.
a. ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index and Illustrations
b. ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index and Tabular List
c. ICD-10-CM codebook and Dictionary
d. Tabular List and Index to Procedures
12. Which of the following statements is TRUE in reference to reporting body mass index
(BMI) codes?
a. BMI codes should be reported as primary codes only.
b. BMI codes should be reported as secondary code only.
c. BMI codes should never be reported in ICD-10-CM.
d. BMI codes are only reported with the ICD-10-CM code E66.3 for overweight.
13. The instructions and conventions of the classification take precedence over
a. Documentation
b. Official Coding Guidelines
c. CPT®
d. Nothing. They are only used in the event of no other instruction.
14. The word "and" should be interpreted to mean ____ when it appears in a title.
a. "And" or "or" - patient may have either or both
b. And – patient must have both
c. Instead of
d. Do not use
15. When a patient has a condition that is both acute and chronic and there are separate
entries for both how is it reported?
a. Code only the acute code
b. Code both sequencing the chronic first
c. Code both sequencing the acute first
d. Code only the chronic code
16. A 6-year-old patient is seen in the office for acute otitis media coded as H66.90. This is
an example of ___ code.
a. Category c. NEC
b. Etiology/manifestation code d. NOS
17. The Diagnosis "Caudal Cervical Inflammatory Spondylopathy" is assigned ICD-10-CM
code M46.82 and is an example of what ICD-10-CM coding convention?
a. Etiology/manifestation code c. NOS
b. NEC d. Unspecified
18. According to the Tabular List in the ICD-10-CM codebook, category code H80,
Otosclerosis includes what other disorder?
a. Otopathy c. Otospongiosis
b. Otorrhea d. Tinnitus
19. Which diagnosis code(s) below reports pain in the left and right ears?
a. H92.01, H92.02 c. H92.03
b. H92.09 d. H93.8X3
20. Refer to the Tabular List and identify the code that contains a note indicating not to code
a specific diagnosis and that it should be coded elsewhere
a. A18.01 c. K31.84
b. N94.2 d. S04.0-
21. Refer to the ICD - 10 - CM Alphabetic Index. Identify the main term below that has an
instructional note indicating another main term may need to be referenced providing an
additional index entry to report the diagnostic code.
a. Appendicitis c. Symptoms
b. Diabetes d. Fibrosarcoma
22. In the ICD - 10 - CM Alphabetic Index next to Hypertension what do the terms in
parentheses indicate?
a. Hypertension cannot be coded unless one of those words is documented with
hypertension in the diagnosis.
b. Hypertension needs two codes assigned.
c. Supplementary words that can be present or absent with the diagnosis hypertension
and does not affect the code to which it is assigned.
d. Look at another main term to find that type of hypertension.
23. What is the sequencing order when coding a sequela (late effect)?
a. The cause of the late effect is coded first and the residual condition is coded second.
b. The symptom is coded first followed by the residual condition and the late effect
code.
c. The cause of the late effect is coded first; the residual condition is coded second
followed by the symptoms.
d. The residual condition is coded first, and the code(s) for the cause of the late effect
are coded as secondary.
24. Which diagnosis code(s) should be reported for chronic gonococcal salpingitis?
a. N70.11, A54.24 c. N70.91, A54.24
b. N70.11 d. A54.24
25. Which diagnosis below would be considered a combination code?
a. E06.0 c. K80.00
b. I07.0 d. R78.0

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What type of code is assigned when a provider documents the reason for a patient seeking healthcare that is not an injury or disease?

Chapter 03 : Introduction to ICD 10 CM – Set A

1. NEC and NOS are ___ used in the ICD-10-CM codebook.

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