IHMO FINAL REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A working knowledge of ______ ______ and a course in anatomy and physiology are essential to
becoming a topnotch coder of diagnoses.
Answer:
medical terminology
Question:
2. The two types of physician's fee profiles are called _____ and _____ ______ ______.
Answer:
prevailing, individual customary profile
Question:
3. A principal diagnosis is only applicable to the ________ place of service.
Answer:
inpatient
Question:
4. ICD-10-CM classifies ______ and _______ information for statistical purposes.
Answer:
morbidity, mortality
Question:
5. During the transition to ICD-10-CM, the _____ ___ ______ will determine if a claim should be reported
using an ICD-9-CM code or an ICD-10-CM.
Answer:
date of service
Question:
6. The common translation tool developed by the US government to translate ICD-9-CM codes to
ICD-10-CM codes is referred to as the _____ _____ ______.
Answer:
general equivalence mappings (GEMs)
Question:
7. Annual updates to the ICD-10-CM coding system are published in the _____ _____, by the US
Government Printing Office.
Answer:
Federal register
Question:
8. Volume 2, the Alphabetic Index to Diseases and Injuries, is placed _____ in most coding manuals.
, Answer:
first
Question:
9. A term used as the name of disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of
place or person who discovered or described it first, is called an _________.
Answer:
eponym
Question:
10. ICD-10-Cm codes have from ___ to ___ characters.
Answer:
3, 7
Question:
11. Symbols, punctuation marks, indentations, and other similar rules for determining the appropriate
diagnosis code are referred to as _________.
Answer:
conventions
Question:
12. Diagnostic codes on an insurance claim explain the ______ _____ ______.
Answer:
reason for services
Question:
13. In location a diagnosis, look up the main term, which is the _____ and _____.
Answer:
disease, injury
Question:
14. The diagnosis listed first in the submitting insurance claims for patients seen in a physician's office is
the _________ __________.
Answer:
primary diagnosis
Question:
15. Diagnoses that relate to a patient's previous medical problem and that have no bearing on the patient's
condition should be _______ when coding.
Answer:
excluded
Question:
16. Diagnosis obtained following review of studies for the condition that prompted inpatient
hospitalization is the __________ diagnosis.
Answer:
principal
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A working knowledge of ______ ______ and a course in anatomy and physiology are essential to
becoming a topnotch coder of diagnoses.
Answer:
medical terminology
Question:
2. The two types of physician's fee profiles are called _____ and _____ ______ ______.
Answer:
prevailing, individual customary profile
Question:
3. A principal diagnosis is only applicable to the ________ place of service.
Answer:
inpatient
Question:
4. ICD-10-CM classifies ______ and _______ information for statistical purposes.
Answer:
morbidity, mortality
Question:
5. During the transition to ICD-10-CM, the _____ ___ ______ will determine if a claim should be reported
using an ICD-9-CM code or an ICD-10-CM.
Answer:
date of service
Question:
6. The common translation tool developed by the US government to translate ICD-9-CM codes to
ICD-10-CM codes is referred to as the _____ _____ ______.
Answer:
general equivalence mappings (GEMs)
Question:
7. Annual updates to the ICD-10-CM coding system are published in the _____ _____, by the US
Government Printing Office.
Answer:
Federal register
Question:
8. Volume 2, the Alphabetic Index to Diseases and Injuries, is placed _____ in most coding manuals.
, Answer:
first
Question:
9. A term used as the name of disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of
place or person who discovered or described it first, is called an _________.
Answer:
eponym
Question:
10. ICD-10-Cm codes have from ___ to ___ characters.
Answer:
3, 7
Question:
11. Symbols, punctuation marks, indentations, and other similar rules for determining the appropriate
diagnosis code are referred to as _________.
Answer:
conventions
Question:
12. Diagnostic codes on an insurance claim explain the ______ _____ ______.
Answer:
reason for services
Question:
13. In location a diagnosis, look up the main term, which is the _____ and _____.
Answer:
disease, injury
Question:
14. The diagnosis listed first in the submitting insurance claims for patients seen in a physician's office is
the _________ __________.
Answer:
primary diagnosis
Question:
15. Diagnoses that relate to a patient's previous medical problem and that have no bearing on the patient's
condition should be _______ when coding.
Answer:
excluded
Question:
16. Diagnosis obtained following review of studies for the condition that prompted inpatient
hospitalization is the __________ diagnosis.
Answer:
principal
