COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE.
CMS - ANS Responsible for updating ICD-PCS
Sequela - ANS In ICD-10-CM, a condition that is produced by another illness or an injury and
remains after the acute phase of the illness or injury is referred to as what?
Seventh Character of ICD-10-CM - ANS What character in an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code
provides information regarding encounter of care.
Etiology - ANS What does the fourth character of an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code capture?
Anatomic site - ANS What does the fifth character of
An ICD-10-CM code represent
Severity - ANS What does the sixth character of ICD-10-CM capture?
3 - ANS What is the minimum length of characters in ICD-10 codes
Notes appearing under a three character category apply to what - ANS To all codes within that
category
ICD-10-PCS alphabetic index; ICD-10-PCS body part key - ANS Two resources that can be
used to identify the correct body part character to assign if a procedure is performed on a body
part that does not have a specific value in ICD-PCS
Excludes 1 Note - ANS The listed diagnoses may not be assigned together.
CPT - ANS Standard terminology used to code medical procedures and services
If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the
body area from which the excision occurs and what else? - ANS Diameter of the lesion as well as
the "most narrow" margins required to adequately excise the lesion described in the operative
report
Complex Closure - ANS A repair of a laceration that includes retention sutures
Miscarriage - ANS What should be the principal diagnosis in a patient treated two weeks ago for
a miscarriage with sepsis who presents with spotting. The seats has resolved and she is afebrile.
She is treated with aspiration dilation and curettage.