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10. A coworker complained of sudden onset of chest pain and went to the emergency
room. A myocardial infarction was ruled out. You would code A. the myocardial
infarction as if it were an established condition. B. both the infarction and the chest pain
and sequence the infarction first. C. as an impending myocardial infarction. D. only the
chest pain. - โโD
11. A(n) ____________ form is used to record the patient's diagnoses and the services
performed for a particular visit. It also includes codes (CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM)
used specifically by that physician's office. A. authorization B. ABN (Advance
Beneficiary Notice) C. superbill D. EOB (Explanation of Benefits) - โโC
12. Your organization is sending confidential patient information across the Internet
using technology that will transform the original data into unintelligible code that can be
re-created by authorized users. This technique is called A. a firewall. C. a call-back
process. B. validity processing. D. encryption - โโD
13. The special form that plays the central role in planning and providing care at
nursing, psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities is the A. interdisciplinary patient care
plan. B. medical history and review of systems. C. interval summary. D. problem list. -
โโA
14. In the CPT coding system, when there is no code to properly represent the work
performed by the provider, the coder must use this code. A. not otherwise specified B.
not elsewhere classifiable C. unlisted procedure D. miscellaneous code - โโC
15. The physician listed the diagnoses as congestive heart failure with acute pulmonary
edema. You will code A. the CHF only. B. the edema only. C. both the CHF and the
edema; sequence the CHF first. D. both the CHF and the edema; sequence the edema
first. - โโA
16. When coding multiple wound repairs in CPT, A. only the most complex repair is
reported. B. only the least complex repair is reported. C. up to nine individual repair
