CPC Medical Coding Exam Prep Questions With Correct Answers

Patients receiving a diagnostic service (e.g. ultrasound, MRI, diagnostic colonoscopy), with additional diagnosis, is reported in what sequence? - Answers Report the condition or problem as the primary code to indicate the reason for the test, codes for other diagnosis, like chronic conditions or history are reported as additional diagnosis. Who are the parties responsible for providing the ICD-10-CM guidelines? - Answers NCHS and CMS What is the sequencing order when coding a sequela? - Answers The residual condition is coded first, and the code for the cause of the late effect are coded as secondary. If the subterms are not listed when looking in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index (ex. Impending menopause, there is no subterm for menopause under impending) then what do you code? - Answers If the subterm is not listed then code the symptoms. What is an example of an eponym? - Answers Paget's disease When coding for an ambulatory surgical procedure, how is the diagnosis determined? - Answers Code the postoperative diagnosis because it is the most definitive. If no bilateral code is provided and the condition is bilateral, how are the codes assigned? - Answers Assign separate codes for both left and right sides. If a bilateral code is provided, and both left and right sides are stated, how are the codes assigned? - Answers You report the bilateral code, do not report two separate codes. When the admission/encounter is for management of dehydration due to the malignancy or therapy, or a combination of both, and only the dehydration is being treated; how is this sequenced? - Answers The dehydration is sequenced first, followed by the code for the malignancy. According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, when a patient is seen for management of anemia due to malignancy, how is it reported? - Answers The malignancy is reported first, followed by the code for the anemia. When do you code acute respiratory failure as a secondary diagnosis? - Answers When it occurs after admission. According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, what is the maximum length of time for a myocardial infarction to be considered acute? - Answers Four weeks (28 days) When a migraine does not respond to medication it is considered what? - Answers Intractable In ICD-10-CM what condition is reported as the default code when the provider documents urosepsis? - Answers The provider must be queried before an ICD-10-CM code can be applied. When we are not given more information as to a specific type of tumor, whether its benign or malignant, what do we code it as? - Answers Unspecified Behavior