A complete listing of diagnoses for inpatients is typically recorded on the
_____. - correct answer ✔b. face sheets
A patient is admitted with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
Testing has revealed colitis. The principal diagnosis is _____. - correct
answer ✔c. colitis
Diagnoses documented as probable, suspected or questionable are _____. -
correct answer ✔The correct answer is: reported in the inpatient setting
Dr. Cook records the following diagnosis at the time of discharge: "abdominal
pain due to colitis or gastritis." The principal diagnosis is: - correct answer
✔a. abdominal pain
For the statement "acute antitubular basement membrane nephritis" the main
term to reference in the Index is _____. - correct answer ✔d. nephritis
For the statement "adhesive shoulder joint capsulitis" the main term to
reference in the Index is _____. - correct answer ✔d. capsulitis
For the statement "intestinal obstruction due to meconium in mucoviscidosis
of newborn" the main term to reference in the Index is _____. - correct
answer ✔The correct answer is: mucoviscidosis, meconium or obstruction
For the statement "oligospermia due to efferent duct obstruction" the main
term to reference in the Index is _____. - correct answer ✔a. oligospermia
, For the statement "ovarian androgen hormone hypersecretion" the main term
to reference in the Index is _____. - correct answer ✔d. hypersecretion
ICD-10-CM code I25.110, ASHD, native artery with unstable angina is a
______ code. - correct answer ✔. combination
If the same condition is described as both acute (subacute) and chronic, and
separate subentries exist in the Index at the same indentation level,
code_____. - correct answer ✔d. both and sequence the acute (subacute)
first
In the diagnostic statement "chronic allergic sinusitis due to animal dander"
the modifying term(s) are: - correct answer ✔c. chronic allergic
In the Index the primary arrangement for diagnoses is by _____. - correct
answer ✔a. condition
In the outpatient setting, the term first-listed diagnosis is used in lieu of _____
diagnosis - correct answer ✔c. principal
Sally Smith is reviewing an inpatient record for coding. She notes that the face
sheet, diagnostic testing reports and the discharge summary contain
conflicting diagnoses that also do not associate with signs and/or symptoms of
the definitive diagnosis. What should she do to code the diagnoses? - correct
answer ✔query the provider for clarification
Sally Smith was placed on observation due to pain in the upper right quadrant,
vomiting and jaundice. She was then placed on inpatient status for a removal
of her gallbladder due to cholecystitis. The principal diagnosis for the
admission is _____. - correct answer ✔d. cholecystitis