Which volume of ICD-9-CM contains the alphabetic index for diagnostic codes?
What is volume 2?
100
__________ codes following ICD-9-CM codes are always alphanumeric?
What are E and V codes?
100
A system of preferred terminology for naming disease processes is known as:
What is a medical nomenclature?
100
The Central Office on ICD-9-CM, which published Coding Clinic, is maintained by the:
What is AHA?
100
This symbol is only found in the Alphabetic Index of ICD-9-CM and encloses a code number that must be used in conjunction with a code immediately preceeding it:
What are slanted brackets?
200
The condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for admission of the patient to the hospital is the:
What is principal diagnosis
200
The symbol in ICD-9-CM's tabular List after an incomplete term that needs one or more of the modifiers that follows so that it can be assigned to a given category or code is:
What is a colon?
200
At which level of the classification system are the most specific ICD-9-CM codes found?
What is the subclassification level?
200
A direction to "code first underlying disease: should be considered?
What is a mandatory instruction?
200
ICD-9-CM defines the "newborn period" as birth through the:
What is the 28th day?
300
These codes are used to assign a diagnosis to a patient who is seeking health services, but is not necessarily sick.
What V codes?
300
A 36 year old woman was admitted to the hospital for an obstetrical delivery of her third child. During the admission, a sterilization procedure was performed for contraceptive purposes. The V25.2 code for sterilization would be:
What is assigned as a secondary diagnosis?
300
According to UHDDS, a procedure that is surgical in nature, carries a procedural or anesthetic risk, or requires special training is defined as a:
What is significant procedure?
300
James Rudolph, RHIA, has been charged with the responsibility of designed a data collection form to be used on admission of a patient to the acute care facility in which he works. The first source he should use is:
What is UHDDS?
300
Dizziness and blurred vision following ingestion of prescribed Allegra and a glass of wine at dinner would be reported as a(n):
What is a poisoning?
400
Identify the punctuation mark that is used to enclose supplement words or explanatory information that may or may not be present in the statement of a diagnosis or procedure in ICD-9-CM coding. The punctuation does not affect the code number assigned in the case. Identify the punctuation.
What are parentheses?
400
In ICD-9-CM classification system, severe shock due to third degree burns sustained in an industrial accident would be coded as a(n):
What is a current injury?
400
In ICD-9-CM, the name of a disease, structure, operation or procedure usually derived from the name of the person who discovered or described it first is known as a(n):
What is an eponym?
400
Prolonged pregnancy is a pregnancy that has advanced beyond __________ weeks of gestation.
What is 42?
400
Tachycardia after taking a correct dosage of prescribed Lortab would be reported as a(n):
What is an adverse reaction to a drug?
500
According to ICD-9-CM, an elderly primigravida is defined as a woman who gives birth to her first child at the age of _________ or older:
What is 35?
500
In the diagnosis, "first, second and third degree burns of the chest wall," a code or codes is required for:
What is the third degree burn only?
500
In the ICD-9-CM classification system, an esophageal stricture due to a burn received in a house fire several years ago would be coded as a(n):
What is a late effect?
500
Given the diagnosis "carcinoma of axillary lumph nodes and lungs, metastatic from breast," what is the primary cancer site(s)?
What is breast?
500
The physician correctly prescribes Coumadin. The patient takes the Coumadin as prescribed, but develops hematuria as a result of taking the medication. What is the correct way to code this case?