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What does CMS-HCC stand for?

Select one:

a. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Hospital Correct Coding Initiative

b. County Mandated Services – Heightened Control Center

c. Country Mandated Services – Hospital Correct Coding Initiative

d. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Hierarchal Condition Category!

The correct answer is: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Hierarchal Condition Category

Evaluation and management services are often provided in a standard format such as SOAP notes. What does the acronym SOAP stand for?

Select one:

a. Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan!

b. Scope, Observation, Action, Plan

c. Standard, Objective, Activity, Period

d. Source, Opinion, Advice, Provider

The correct answer is: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan

What is the definition of medical coding?

Select one:

a. Deciphering explanation of benefits provided by an insurance carrier. b. Translating documentation into software compatible notes. c. Translating services a provider performs into documentation.

d. Translating documentation into numerical/alphanumerical codes used to obtain reimbursement.!

The correct answer is: Translating documentation into numerical/alphanumerical codes used to obtain reimbursement.

Which of the following choices is NOT a benefit of an active compliance plan?

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Question 4

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Select one:

a. Increases accuracy of provider documentation.

b. Eliminates risk of an audit.!

c. Fewer billing mistakes. d. Faster, more accurate payment of claims.

The correct answer is: Eliminates risk of an audit.

When coding an operative report, what action would NOT be recommended?

Select one:

a. Starting with the procedure listed. b. Reading the body of the report. c. Highlighting unfamiliar words.

d. Coding from the header without reading the body of the report.!

The correct answer is: Coding from the header without reading the body of the report.

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What are chemicals which relay, amplify and modulate signals between a neuron and another cell?

Select one:

a. Interneurons b. Hormones c. Myelin

d. Neurotransmitters!

The correct answer is: Neurotransmitters

Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?

Select one:

a. Production of mydriatic agents b. Production of vitreous

c. Production of tears!

d. Production of zonules The correct answer is: Production of tears

What is the function of the thyroid gland?

Select one:

a. It secretes hormones regulating body metabolism and blood calcium!

b. It secretes hormones regulating the secretion of insulin and hemoglobin c. It secretes hormones regulating the immune system and blood calcium d. It secretes hormones regulating mood and growth hormones

The correct answer is: It secretes hormones regulating body metabolism and blood calcium

9 The word describing the presence of blood in the pleural cavity is:

Select one:

a. Hemoptysis b. Pleural effusion

c. Hemothorax!

d. Hydrothorax

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The correct answer is: Hemothorax

The term for pain in the ear is:

Select one:

a. Otalgia!

b. Neuralgia c. Arthralgia d. Myalgia

Question 11

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The correct answer is: Otalgia

What does ICD- 10 - CM stand for?

Select one:

a. International Classification of Diseases 10 th^ Revision, Clinical Modification! b. International Class Diagnosis 10 th^ Book, Clinical Medicine c. Infections Classified Diseases 10 th^ Revision, Clinical Modification d. International Code Diagnosis-10, Coding Medical

The correct answer is: International Classification of Diseases 10 th^ Revision, Clinical Modification

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0.00 points out of 1. What is the ICD- 10 - CM code for eyestrain?

Select one:

a. H57.811, H57.

b. H53.

c. H57.813"

d. H53.10, H53.

The correct answer is: H53.

What is the ICD- 10 - CM code for nausea?

Select one:

a. T75.3XXA

b. R11.

c. R11.

d. R11.0!

The correct answer is: R11.

What diagnosis code(s) should be reported for primary osteoarthritis in both knees?

Select one:

a. M17.0, M17.

b. M17.0!

c. M17.

d. M17.11, M17.

The correct answer is: M17.

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1.00 points out of 1. What diagnosis codes should be reported for spastic cerebral palsy due to previous illness of meningitis?

Select one:

a. G80.1, G09!

b. G09, G80.

c. G03.9, G80.

d. G80.1, G43.909, G03.

The correct answer is: G80.1, G

When do you code acute respiratory failure as a secondary diagnosis?

Select one:

a. When it occurs after admission.! b. The patient has any other condition at the same time. c. Acute respiratory failure is always listed first. d. When it is determined to be the cause of the shortness of breath.

The correct answer is: When it occurs after admission.

A patient returns to the provider for an injection to relieve low back pain from a car accident. What ICD - 10 - CM code(s) is/are reported?

Select one:

a. G89.21, M54.

b. M54.50!

c. G89.11, M54.

d. M54.50, G89.

The correct answer is: M54.

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A patient presents to a clinic with palpitations, weight loss, bulging eyes, and extreme nervousness. The tests ordered come back positive for Graves™ disease. What ICD- 10 - CM code(s) is/are reported?

Select one:

a. E05.00, R00.2, R63.4, H57.89, R45.

b. E05.00!

c. R00.2, R63.4, H57.89, R45.0, E05.

d. E05.

The correct answer is: E05.

Mrs. Johnson is here today to receive an intercostal nerve block to mitigate the debilitating pain of her malignancy. Her cancer has metastasized to her bones in her thoracic spine. What ICD- 10 - CM codes are reported?

Select one:

a. C79.51, G89.3, C80.

b. M54.6, C79.51, C80.

c. G89.3, C79.51, C80.1!

d. C79.51, G89.3, M54.6, C80.

The correct answer is: G89.3, C79.51, C80.

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0.00 points out of 1.00 The patient has a history of unstable angina, hypertension, and chronic systolic heart failure. He is seen in the ED after prolonged chest pain that was not relieved by medication. Cardiac enzymes are elevated, and EKG shows anterior infarct. A decision was made to perform a cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography. Left heart catheterization was performed in order to perform a left ventriculogram. He tolerated the procedure well and will be discharged. His final diagnosis is chronic systolic heart failure and hypertension. The two conditions are unrelated. What ICD- 10 - CM code(s) is/are reported?

Select one:

a. I11.0, I50.22"

b. I50.22, I10

c. I11.0, I10

d. I11.0

The correct answer is: I50.22, I10

According to the ICD- 10 - CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting , Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (O00-O9A), codes in this range have sequencing priority over what codes?

Select one:

a. Codes from all other chapters.! b. Codes from Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99). c. Chapter 15 codes do not have sequencing priority over other codes. d. All codes including Z33.1

The correct answer is: Codes from all other chapters.

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What ICD- 10 - CM codes are reported on the maternal record for a delivery of triplets that are all liveborn at 32 weeks of pregnancy?

Select one:

a. Z37.9, Z3A.32

b. O30.109, Z37.9, Z3A.00

c. Z37.61, O30.103, Z3A.32

d. O30.103, Z37.51, Z3A.32!

The correct answer is: O30.103, Z37.51, Z3A.32

A pregnant woman in her 40 th^ week has gestational diabetes which is controlled by diet. What ICD- 10 - CM code(s) is/are reported?

Select one:

a. O24.410, Z3A.40!

b. O24.410, O24.913

c. O24.913

d. O24.113, O24.410, Z3A.40

The correct answer is: O24.410, Z3A.40

A 47 - year-old male was treated in the ED after being involved in a fight at a local pub. The patient sustained two lacerations, one to the left cheek and one to the left forearm. Abrasions were also on the left cheek. What ICD- 10 - CM codes are reported?

Select one:

a. S01.412D, S51.812D, Y04.0XXD, Y92.29

b. S01.412A, S51.812A, Y04.0XXA, Y92.29!

c. S01.412A, S51.812A, S00.81XA, Y04.0XXA, Y92.29

d. S01.412D, S51.812D, S00.81XD, Y04.0XXD, Y92.29

The correct answer is: S01.412A, S51.812A, Y04.0XXA, Y92.29

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