CDEO SELF STUDY QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
In the inpatient, what is the only condition that must be confirmed to select the code?
(probable, suspected, likely, questionable, still to rule out, does not apply to this
condition only) - Correct Answers -HIV
If a patient is admitted for an HIV-related condition, sequence ________ first, followed
by additional codes for all reported HIV-related conditions. - Correct Answers -B20
There's an exception to the HIV-related conditions, and that when the admission is for
_______________ related to HIV disease. - Correct Answers -Hemolytic-uremic
syndrome
**In this case alone, the code for infection-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome,
D59.31, would be sequenced before the code for HIV disease B20.
If a patient with HIV is admitted for an unrelated condition (e.g.,fracture), the unrelated
condition is sequenced _________. - Correct Answers -First
**B20 is reported as an additional diagnosis, as are any HIV related conditions.
When documentation mentions HAART, but does not indicate a diagnosis of HIV, the
provider should_________ - Correct Answers -be queried.
**a combination of drug therapies used for HIV treatment is referred to as highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
**code Z79.899, other long term drug therapy, may be assigned to identify long term
use of antiretroviral medications
Patients with inconclusive HIV serology, and no definitive diagnosis or manifestations of
the illness, are assigned __________. - Correct Answers -R75, inconclusive laboratory
evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV].
______is applied when a patient is HIV positive without documented symptoms of an
HIV-related illness. - Correct Answers -Z21, Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency
virus [HIV] infection status
**DO NOT use this code if the term AIDS is used.
CORRECT ANSWERS
In the inpatient, what is the only condition that must be confirmed to select the code?
(probable, suspected, likely, questionable, still to rule out, does not apply to this
condition only) - Correct Answers -HIV
If a patient is admitted for an HIV-related condition, sequence ________ first, followed
by additional codes for all reported HIV-related conditions. - Correct Answers -B20
There's an exception to the HIV-related conditions, and that when the admission is for
_______________ related to HIV disease. - Correct Answers -Hemolytic-uremic
syndrome
**In this case alone, the code for infection-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome,
D59.31, would be sequenced before the code for HIV disease B20.
If a patient with HIV is admitted for an unrelated condition (e.g.,fracture), the unrelated
condition is sequenced _________. - Correct Answers -First
**B20 is reported as an additional diagnosis, as are any HIV related conditions.
When documentation mentions HAART, but does not indicate a diagnosis of HIV, the
provider should_________ - Correct Answers -be queried.
**a combination of drug therapies used for HIV treatment is referred to as highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
**code Z79.899, other long term drug therapy, may be assigned to identify long term
use of antiretroviral medications
Patients with inconclusive HIV serology, and no definitive diagnosis or manifestations of
the illness, are assigned __________. - Correct Answers -R75, inconclusive laboratory
evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV].
______is applied when a patient is HIV positive without documented symptoms of an
HIV-related illness. - Correct Answers -Z21, Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency
virus [HIV] infection status
**DO NOT use this code if the term AIDS is used.
