Ch. 5/6 Sayles/Johns
ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-PCS
ICD-10-PCS
100

Nosology can be defined as the branch of medical science that deals with:

What is classification systems?

100
ICD-10-CM codes contain a maximum of _________ characters:
What is seven?
100
The letter “x” is used in ICD-10-CM codes as:
What is placeholder?
100
The main term for Cardiac bypass is:
What is bypass?
100
the definition of principal procedure is?
What is one performed for definitive treatment (rather than for diagnostic or exploratory purposes) or one that is necessary to care for a complication?
200
Refers to the incidence of death:
What is mortality?
200
The condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for admission of the patient to the hospital is the ___________________.diagnosis.
What is principal diagnosis?
200
The United States compliance date for implementation of ICD-10 is scheduled for
What is 2014?
200
A significant procedure is: ( must name all criteria)
What is one that is: surgical in nature; carries an anesthetic risk; carries a procedural risk and requires specialized training.
200
Services such as injections, infusions, and transfusions are classified in which ICD-10-PCS Section:
What is Administration?
300
The degree to which codes accurately reflect the patient’s diagnoses and procedures is:
What is validity?
300
NOS stands for:
What is not otherwise specified or unspecified?
300
The difference between the terms “rule out” and “ruled out” is:
What is Rule out” indicates that a diagnosis is still considered to be possible. “Ruled out” indicates that a diagnosis originally considered as likely is no longer a possibility?
300
The second character represent in the ICD-10-PCS code structure in the Medical and Surgical Section represents:
What is body system?
300
The root operation that is an example of a root operation “to take out some or all of a body part” is:
What is detachment?
400
Computer software programs that assist in the assignment of codes used with diagnostic and procedural classifications are known as:
What are encoders?
400
A patient is admitted following a hip fracture, and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and type II diabetes mellitus on insulin are noted in the history and physical examination. Nursing notes indicate that the patient required additional care because of the Parkinsonism, and because the insulin levels had to be monitored. Which of the following diagnosis(es) should be coded and reported?
What are Hip fracture, Parkinson’s disease and Type II diabetes mellitus?
400
The meaning of the term “late effect” in ICD-10-CM is?
What is a residual condition that remains after the termination of the acute phase of an illness or injury?
400

The character within ICD-10-PCS which is one of the most important concepts to understand in order to identify and select the correct code is:

What is root operation?

400
The root operation that has the objective of “taking/letting out fluids or gases” is:
What is drainage?
500
Five-digit ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes referred to as:
What are subclassification codes?
500
The main term for Recurrent seizure is:
What is seizure?
500
The term “dual classification” is used in ICD-10-CM to:
What is to describe the required assignment of two codes to provide information about both a manifestation and the associated underlying disease?
500
The root operation that would be used to indicate the performance of a total mastectomy is:
What is resection?
500
A brain PET scan is classified within ICD-10-PCS in which Section:
What is Nuclear Medicine?
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