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ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines with Complete Solutions
Rated A
The official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
are approved by the ______________ for ICD-
10-CM to accompany and complement the
official conventions and instructions provided
within ICD-10-CM - ANSWERS -
cooperating parties
Signs and Symptoms associated with a disease
should not be assigned as additional codes (if a
patient complains of shortness of breath and is
diagnosed with pneumonia the only codes
assigned is for pneumonia since shortness of
breath is a symptom of pneumonia) -
ANSWERS -
Coding guidelines use the term
______________ for all health care settings
including inpatient hospital admissions -
ANSWERS - encounter
Coding guidelines use the term ___________ to
mean physician or any qualified health care
practitioner who is legally accountable for
establishing the patient's diagnosis. -
ANSWERS - provider
The ______________ regulations for electronic
transactions require providers and third-party
payers including Medicare administrative
contractors (MACs) to adhere to the Official
Guidelines for coding and Reporting -
ANSWERS - HIPAA
Section I of the Official Guidelines for Coding and
Reporting includes the _______________ of the
classification and general guidelines that apply to
the entire classification and chapter-specific
guidelines that correspond to the chapters as
they are arranged in the classification. -
ANSWERS - structure and conventions
Section II of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting includes guidelines for selection of
the ____________ for non outpatient settings -
ANSWERS - Principal diagnosis
Section III of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting includes guidelines for reporting
______________ in non outpatient settings -
ANSWERS - additional diagnoses
Inpatient Care requires the reporting of additional
diagnoses which are called - ANSWERS -
comorbidities
Section IV of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting covers ________________ coding
and reporting - ANSWERS - outpatient
diagnosis
Appendix I of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting covers _________________
reporting guidelines - ANSWERS - present
on admission (POA)
If The provider documents "a borderline
diagnosis" at the time of discharge code the
diagnosis as confirmed even when the ICD-10-
CM Index to Diseases and Injuries provides a
specific entry that includes the word "borderline"
(True or False) - ANSWERS - False
When reviewing ICD-10-CM Index to Disease
and Injuries entries if the code listed contains a
