Week 1
- Code range A00–B99 is found in which chapter of ICD-10-CM tabular list?
(Indicate the ICD-10-CM chapter number as a number, not spelled out)
o1
- True or False: NOS means not otherwise specified.
oTrue, NOS means not otherwise specified
- True or False: There are two types of "Excludes" notes in the ICD-10-CM
oTrue, there are two types of excludes notes
- True or False: The tabular list contains an alphabetical listing of diseases.
oFalse, the alphabetic listing is found in the alphabetic index
- Review coding guideline I.A.16 "See" and "See Also". True or False: The “See
also” note refers the coder to another location in the Index when the initial
listing does not contain all the necessary information to accurately select a
code with more information.
oTrue, the “see also” note directs a coder to also look in another
location for additional information
- True or False: NEC means not elsewhere coded
oFalse, NEC means not elsewhere classifiable
- A code listed as three alpha-numeric digits, such as A66, is called a:
oCategory
- The "use additional code" notation
oAppears in the tabular list
- True or False: In the diagnostic phrase “acute bursitis of the right
hand,” the word acute is a modifying term
oTrue, acute is a modifying term for bursitis
- The letter used as a placeholder at certain 6 character codes to allow for
future expansion. (Only indicate a letter with no other punctuation,
apostrophe, comma, etc.)
ox
- True or False: When selecting an ICD-10-CM code for the diagnostic
statement “trochanteric bursitis of the right hip,” the main term to
reference in the alphabetic index is trochanteric.
oFalse, bursitis is the main term to reference in the alphabetic index
- True or False: Coders will use both the Alphabetic Index and the Tabular
List when locating and assigning a code
oTrue
- Reference Guideline I.A.16 "See" and "See Also" to answer this description.
- The “see " notation in the alphabetic index instructs coders to view
another term of the alphabetic index.
osee
