Term 2 Coding QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

All health care settings use ICD-10-CM to report __________. Correct Answer: Diagnosis ICD-10-CM categories contain __________ characters. Correct Answer: Three ICD-10-CM uses an "X" in the __________ character(s) location as a placeholder to allow for further expansion. Correct Answer: Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries is a(n) __________ list of main terms and their corresponding codes. Correct Answer: Alphabetic ICD-10-CM index main terms are printed in __________ type, and subterms and qualifiers are indented below main terms. Correct Answer: Boldfaced Go to ICD-10-CM index main term Stricture, and identify the nonessential modifier. Correct Answer: Stenosis Which is the first step to assigning an ICD-10-CM code? Correct Answer: Locate a Main Term in the ICD-10-CM Index The ICD-10-CM index and its tabular list must both be used during code assignment because the ICD-10-CM index __________. Correct Answer: Does not always provide the complete ICD-10-CM Code When a dash (-) appears at the end of a code in the ICD-10-CM index, it indicates that __________. Correct Answer: Additional Character(s) are Required Signs and symptoms associated with a disease process should not be assigned as additional codes(s) unless otherwise instructed by ICD-10-CM because they are __________. Correct Answer: Included in the Disease Process The patient is treated for complaints of shortness of breath, with a chest x-ray resulting in the diagnosis of pneumonia for which an antibiotic is prescribed. Assign ICD-10-CM code(s) for __________. Correct Answer: Pneumonia ICD-10-CM subterms, which are indented two spaces below main terms, are also called ________ modifiers. Correct Answer: Essential For diagnosis trigonitis due to Escherichia coli, report ICD-10-CM code(s) __________. Correct Answer: N30.30, B96.20 For acute gastritis and chronic gastritis, report ICD-10-CM c