Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Exam Preparation
Q&As (Latest Update 2024) (Verified Answers)
**Policies and procedures of the medical staff are not relevant. But the
presence or absence of additional codes that represent complications,
comorbidities, or major complications/ comorbidities are all important to
determine the MS-DRG as part of Medicare Acute Inpatient Prospective
Payment System (Leon-Chisen 2017, 566; Rinehart-Thompson 2016a, 240-
241).
A 35-year-old woman has hypertension with acute renal failure and stage 3
chronic kidney disease. What code would be assigned?
a. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified
b. I13.2, Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure
and with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease
c. I50.9, Heart failure, unspecified
d. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified and I12.9, Hypertensive chronic
kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or
unspecified chronic kidney disease and N18.3, Chronic kidney disease, stage
3 (moderate) - correct answer ✅d. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified
and I12.9, Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Exam Preparation Q&As
(Latest Update 2023) (Verified Answers) 85 Questions
Q&As (Latest Update 2024) (Verified Answers)
**Policies and procedures of the medical staff are not relevant. But the
presence or absence of additional codes that represent complications,
comorbidities, or major complications/ comorbidities are all important to
determine the MS-DRG as part of Medicare Acute Inpatient Prospective
Payment System (Leon-Chisen 2017, 566; Rinehart-Thompson 2016a, 240-
241).
A 35-year-old woman has hypertension with acute renal failure and stage 3
chronic kidney disease. What code would be assigned?
a. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified
b. I13.2, Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure
and with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease
c. I50.9, Heart failure, unspecified
d. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified and I12.9, Hypertensive chronic
kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or
unspecified chronic kidney disease and N18.3, Chronic kidney disease, stage
3 (moderate) - correct answer ✅d. N17.9, Acute kidney failure, unspecified
and I12.9, Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Exam Preparation Q&As
(Latest Update 2023) (Verified Answers) 85 Questions
