Week 2
- True or False: Section I of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and
Reporting provides guidelines only for outpatient services.
oFalse, a coder will reference Section I guidelines for outpatient
and inpatient services
-According to the ICD-10-CM guidelines Section I.B this punctuation, "a (-)
at the end of a code in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index to Diseases and
Injuries entry, indicates that additional characters are required for a valid
code.”
oDash
- True or False: A sequela is the acute illness or injury that has caused a
permanent condition.
oFalse, a sequela is the residual effect after the acute phase of an illness
or injury
-Tuberculous cerebral arteritis is reported with ICD-10-CM code
oA18.89
- As described in the General Coding Guidelines I.B.8, if the same condition is
described as both acute (subacute) and chronic, and separate subentries
exist in the Alphabetic Index at the same indentation level, code
oBoth, and sequence the acute (subacute) first
- Joe Jones was seen to determine his HIV status one week ago. He is
returning today to be informed of his HIV test results. The test results are
positive. Recalling guidelines from I.C.1.a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
infections, the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code to use for this current encounter is
oB20
- True or False: As mentioned in the lessons and as reviewed in Section B
General Coding Guidelines, when a definitive diagnosis has been
established codes such as pain and fever are not coded
oTrue, when the definitive diagnosis has not been established,
symptoms/signs like pain and fever, even as part of the disease
process of the definitive diagnosis, can be coded
- In the inpatient setting, the term “principal” diagnosis is used in lieu of
diagnosis as referenced in the outpatient setting
oFirst-listed
- Courtney Long was placed on observation due to abdominal pain,
vomiting, and jaundice. She was then admitted for a removal of her
gallbladder due to cholecystitis. The principal diagnosis for the
admission is .
oCholecystitis
- True or False: Per chapter 1 coding guidelines, if a provider suspects Zika, the
coder will report ICD-10-CM code A92.5.
oFalse, the coder cannot select this code for suspected Zika
- Sepsis guidelines (I.C.1.d Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock) indicate
if the organism or type of infection is not specified coders will use ICD-
10-CM code
oA41.9
-Typhoid arthritis is reported with ICD-10-CM code
oA01.04
- What is the first ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for the bronchitis as
described in the scenario?
