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Which of the following reports contains documentation for coding an appendectomy? - correct answers
✔✔Operative
Consultation reports - correct answers ✔✔Are the advice from another clinician about a patient's
conditionand how to treat the patient.
Progress report - correct answers ✔✔Is the encounter documentation of history, exam, and medical
decision-making.
Examples of clinical concepts in coding include? - correct answers ✔✔Acuity. Anatomy. Complicated by.
Contributing factors. Episode. External causes. History of. Laterality. Localization. Loss of consciousness.
Manifestations. Morphology. Remission status. Severity. Stage. Status post. Substance. Symptoms.
Temporal factors. Type.
Which of the following sections of the COT manual is the largest? - correct answers ✔✔Surgery
Which of the following is the number of sections in the CPT manual? - correct answers ✔✔6
Which of the following medical terms described the surgical removal of ovaries? - correct answers
✔✔Oophorectomy
Which of the following code sets justifies the medical necessity for a service, procedure, or supply? -
correct answers ✔✔ICD-10-CM
Which of the following letter is used to report the episode of care for a subsequent encounter? - correct
answers ✔✔D. The letter "x" is used to report a code to the fullest extent, the 7th character "s" is
sequels, the 7th character "A" is reported for the initial encounter.
, What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for a patient who presents to the office with left ear pain and is
diagnosed with exudative otitis media of the left ear? - correct answers ✔✔H65.02. Remember the dash
or a check mark means additional characters are required to report the code the highest level of
specificity. Verify the code in the tabular section -H66.00 represents Acute Suppurative otitis media
without spontaneous rupture or eardrum. Choose the 6th character based documentation specifies the
left ear.
What ICD-10-CM code is used to report essential hypertension? - correct answers ✔✔I10. Verify I10 in
the Tubular list. Because there is no additional character required symbol to the left of I10 in the Tubular
List, this code is complete at three characters. I10 Essential (primary) hypertension is the correct code.
What HCPCS code is used to report a seat attachment for a walker? - correct answers ✔✔E0156. In the
HCPCS index, reference seat. You will see the subterm attachment, walker, and the code E0156. Verify
E0156 in the Tubular List. The code description states seat attachment, walker, so E0156 is the correct
code.
Which of the following codes is used to report temporomandibular joint arthroscopy? - correct answers
✔✔29800
According to the guidelines section I.C.2.c.3, which of the following is the correct sequencing order to
report an encounter of the management of dehydration due to malignancy? - correct answers ✔✔The
dehydration is sequenced first followed by the malignancy.
Which of the following sections of the ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines contains information for
selection of the principle diagnosis? - correct answers ✔✔Section II
Which of the following is the correct diagnosis code sequencing order to report an encounter for
treatment to a secondary malignancy? - correct answers ✔✔The secondary malignancy is sequenced
first followed by the primary malignancy.
Which of the following modifiers should be added to a CPT code when a bilateral procedure was
performed? - correct answers ✔✔50
Modifier 25 - correct answers ✔✔Is reported when there is a separately identifiable E/M visit.