Nosology can be defined as the branch of medical science that deals with
What are classification systems?
100
Code first the underlying condition note
What is the instructional note used in the Tabular List of Diseases toidentify a code for a condition that is a manifestation of an underlying disease
100
The perinatal period is defined as:
What is Birth through the first 28 days after birth?
100
ICD-10-PCS code structure consist of:
What is seven characters and no decimal points?
100
The procedure that is an example of the “via natural or artificial opening endoscopic” ICD-10-PCS approach
What is esophagogastroduodenoscopy?
200
The postpartum period, clinically termed the “puerperium,” begins immediately after delivery and includes how many of the subsequent weeks?
What is 6?
200
Burns of the eye and internal organs are classified by
What is site?
200
According to the UHDDS, a procedure that is surgical in nature, carries a procedural or anesthetic risk, or requires special training is defined as a
What is a significant procedure?
200
A root operation “to take out some or all of a body part”:
What is detachment?
200
Endometrial ablation using laser to treat fibroid tumors is classified to which ICD-10-PCS root operations?
What is destruction?
300
What is the time frame for when an acute myocardial infarction may be classified to category I21, ST elevation (STEMI) and non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction?
What is 4 weeks or less?
300
The diabetes mellitus codes are combination codes that include:
What is type of diabetes, the body system affected, and the complication affecting the body system?
300
A standard terminology used to code medical procedures and services:
What is CPT?
300
Lysis of adhesions procedures are classified to which ICD-10-PCS root operation?
What is release?
300
The correct ICD-10-PCS root operation for Cesarean deliveries:
What is extraction?
400
ICD-10-CM presumes a relationship between hypertension and
What is chronic kidney disease?
400
Tumor cells in carcinoma that are undergoing malignant changes, but are still confined to the point of origin without invasion of the surrounding normal tissue, are referred to as:
What is carcinoma in situ?
400
Major type of diabetes that is characterized by the body’s failure to produce insulin at all, or by an absolute decrease in insulin production
What is Type 1?
400
The root operation that has the objective of “taking/letting out fluids or gases”?
What is drainage?
400
One of the most important concepts to understand in order to identify and select the correct code in ICD-10-PCS is:
What is root operation?
500
Given the diagnosis “carcinoma of axillary lymph nodes and lungs, metastatic from breast,” what is the primary cancer site(s)
What is breast?
500
In the diagnosis, “first, second and third degree burns of the chest wall,” a code is required for
What is third degree burn only?
500
Extracorporeal Assistance and Performance
What is ICD-10-PCS classification section of mechanical ventilation.
500
What does the second character represent in the ICD-10-PCS code structure in the Medical and Surgical Section
What is Body system?
500
Which root operation would be used to indicate the performance of a total mastectomy?