Medical Billing and Coding Test 1 Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
ICD-10-CM is mandated code set for diagnosis under the HIPPA: - Correct
answer-transaction and code sets
A code in ICD-10-CM has up to how many characters? - Correct answer-Seven
An ICD-10-CM category code has how many characters? - Correct answer-Three
A subcategory code in ICD-10-CM has how many characters? - Correct answer-
Four
An example of subcategory code: - Correct answer-S81.2
The correct code set to be used is according to the CMS is based on what? -
Correct answer-Date of service
The first step to begin coding is to look in the - Correct answer-Alphabetical Index
TO code correctly a disease or diagnosis you must first look in the: - Correct
answer-Alphabetical Index and then confirm in the Tabular list.
The Alphabetical index is organized by what? - Correct answer-Conditon
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, The Alphabetical Index is also known as ICD-10-CM to : - Correct answer-Disease
and Injury
Which code number is based on their anatomical site and are divided by
description? - Correct answer-Subterms
Define Subterm - Correct answer-Word of phrase that discribes a main term in the
alphabetical index
If you have patient presents with blindness following an accident with a bow and
arrow when he was a child, what is the main term? - Correct answer-Blindness
The term acquired, congenital, and both eyes that may modify the main term in the
diagnostic statement is considered : - Correct answer-Non-essensial Modifier.
If a cross reference appears after a main term, the coder must: - Correct answer-
look up the term that follows the word SEE in the index.
What type of code describes two diagnoses or a diagnosis with an associated
complication? - Correct answer-Combining Code
What letter is not used in ICD-10-CM coding? - Correct answer-U
A valid code must have at least___characters - Correct answer-3
When you see the colon punctuation it means: - Correct answer-Incompleate term
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2026 Questions and Answers
ICD-10-CM is mandated code set for diagnosis under the HIPPA: - Correct
answer-transaction and code sets
A code in ICD-10-CM has up to how many characters? - Correct answer-Seven
An ICD-10-CM category code has how many characters? - Correct answer-Three
A subcategory code in ICD-10-CM has how many characters? - Correct answer-
Four
An example of subcategory code: - Correct answer-S81.2
The correct code set to be used is according to the CMS is based on what? -
Correct answer-Date of service
The first step to begin coding is to look in the - Correct answer-Alphabetical Index
TO code correctly a disease or diagnosis you must first look in the: - Correct
answer-Alphabetical Index and then confirm in the Tabular list.
The Alphabetical index is organized by what? - Correct answer-Conditon
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, The Alphabetical Index is also known as ICD-10-CM to : - Correct answer-Disease
and Injury
Which code number is based on their anatomical site and are divided by
description? - Correct answer-Subterms
Define Subterm - Correct answer-Word of phrase that discribes a main term in the
alphabetical index
If you have patient presents with blindness following an accident with a bow and
arrow when he was a child, what is the main term? - Correct answer-Blindness
The term acquired, congenital, and both eyes that may modify the main term in the
diagnostic statement is considered : - Correct answer-Non-essensial Modifier.
If a cross reference appears after a main term, the coder must: - Correct answer-
look up the term that follows the word SEE in the index.
What type of code describes two diagnoses or a diagnosis with an associated
complication? - Correct answer-Combining Code
What letter is not used in ICD-10-CM coding? - Correct answer-U
A valid code must have at least___characters - Correct answer-3
When you see the colon punctuation it means: - Correct answer-Incompleate term
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