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2025 update |AAPC CPC Chapter 3 |
|COMPLETE MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |(100% correct
solutions)|GET IT A+ RIGHT!!
f10.21 (Alcohol dependence, in remission) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for
Personal History of Alcohol Dependence
T51.0X2 (Toxic effect of ethanol, intentional self-harm) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM
code for Suicide Attempt using Absinthe
False (Never primary, and always follow another code) - (ANSWER)True or false:
External Cause of Injury codes are acceptable to be used as primary Dx code,
and/or singularly.
B (Same as 'unspecified') - (ANSWER)NOS stands for:
A) No Other Symptoms
B) Not Otherwise Specified
C) Never Operated Surgery
D) New Operating System
C - (ANSWER)Punctuation used to include supplemental information about a
diagnosis code, but does not effect code assignment:
A) Semicolon
,2
B) Quotation marks
C) Parenthesis
D) Asterisk
A - (ANSWER)What does the reference I.C.7.a.2 refer you to in the ICD-10-cm
guidelines?:
A) Glaucoma: bilateral glaucoma with same type and stage
B) Diabetes: overdose of insulin due to insulin pump failure
C) Etiology/manifestation convention
D) HIV: whether the patient is newly diagnosed
B (Example: E11.6 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with diabetic arthropathy) -
(ANSWER)The ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code defines the site, etiology,
manifestation, or state of the disease/condition:
A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 6th
D) 7th
C (Example: E11.610 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with diabetic nephropathic
arthropathy) - (ANSWER)The ____th or ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code
represents the most accurate level of specificity regarding the condition:
A) 4th or 5th
, 3
B) 6th or 7th
C) 5th or 6th
D) All of the above
True (When a base code includes a "-" at the end, it is indicating that more
characters will be required to complete the code) - (ANSWER)True or false: Some
categories of ICD-10-cm codes require an applicable 7th character
L22 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Diaper Rash
S52.91XA - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Close right forearm fracture
(traumatic), initial encounter
R11.2 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Nausea with Vomiting
E89.0 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Postsurgical Hypothyroidism
E11.9 (without complications, as none are specified in the description of the
diagnosis) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Diabetes Mellitus, Type II
R10.31 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Abdominal Pain in Right Lower Quadrant
N39.0 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Urinary Tract Infection
2025 update |AAPC CPC Chapter 3 |
|COMPLETE MOST TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |(100% correct
solutions)|GET IT A+ RIGHT!!
f10.21 (Alcohol dependence, in remission) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for
Personal History of Alcohol Dependence
T51.0X2 (Toxic effect of ethanol, intentional self-harm) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM
code for Suicide Attempt using Absinthe
False (Never primary, and always follow another code) - (ANSWER)True or false:
External Cause of Injury codes are acceptable to be used as primary Dx code,
and/or singularly.
B (Same as 'unspecified') - (ANSWER)NOS stands for:
A) No Other Symptoms
B) Not Otherwise Specified
C) Never Operated Surgery
D) New Operating System
C - (ANSWER)Punctuation used to include supplemental information about a
diagnosis code, but does not effect code assignment:
A) Semicolon
,2
B) Quotation marks
C) Parenthesis
D) Asterisk
A - (ANSWER)What does the reference I.C.7.a.2 refer you to in the ICD-10-cm
guidelines?:
A) Glaucoma: bilateral glaucoma with same type and stage
B) Diabetes: overdose of insulin due to insulin pump failure
C) Etiology/manifestation convention
D) HIV: whether the patient is newly diagnosed
B (Example: E11.6 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with diabetic arthropathy) -
(ANSWER)The ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code defines the site, etiology,
manifestation, or state of the disease/condition:
A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 6th
D) 7th
C (Example: E11.610 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with diabetic nephropathic
arthropathy) - (ANSWER)The ____th or ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code
represents the most accurate level of specificity regarding the condition:
A) 4th or 5th
, 3
B) 6th or 7th
C) 5th or 6th
D) All of the above
True (When a base code includes a "-" at the end, it is indicating that more
characters will be required to complete the code) - (ANSWER)True or false: Some
categories of ICD-10-cm codes require an applicable 7th character
L22 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Diaper Rash
S52.91XA - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Close right forearm fracture
(traumatic), initial encounter
R11.2 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Nausea with Vomiting
E89.0 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Postsurgical Hypothyroidism
E11.9 (without complications, as none are specified in the description of the
diagnosis) - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Diabetes Mellitus, Type II
R10.31 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Abdominal Pain in Right Lower Quadrant
N39.0 - (ANSWER)ICD-10-CM code for Urinary Tract Infection
