CCS-P Exam Review 2022 – COMPLETE SOLUTION 294 Questions with 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of ACS to rely on the documentation found in the - Problem list (PCPs, pharmacy consultations and transfer summaries are likely to be found on the records of long- term care patients). All of the following organizations make up the Cooperating Parties for the approval of ICD-9-CM coding guidelines EXCEPT: - Americal Medical Association Define Status asthmaticus - An acute asthmatic attack in which the degree of bronchial obstruction is not relieved by usual treatments such as pinephrine or aminophylline. Only a physician can diagnose status asthmaticus. If te coder suspects the condition based on the symptoms in the record, the coder should query the physician. A data element you would expect to be collected in the MDS but NOT in the UHDDS would be: - Level of cognition Heart system transplant - Is coded with Category III code because no Category I code is available. The physician has ordered potassium replacement for the patient for a diagnosis of: - Hypokalemia (decreased levels of potassium in the blood) When the CPT index and tabular do not contain a code that descrbies an adequately documented procedure that was performed by the physician, what action should the coder take? - Assign the nlisted cde from the orresponding anatomical section One essential item to be captured on the physical exam is the: - Objective survey of body systems (Performed during the PE. This adds objective data to the subjective data provided by the patient. The exam includes all body systems).