Question | Answer |
Which of the following organizations is responsible for updating the procedure classification of ICD-9-CM? | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) |
At which level of the classification system are the most specific ICD-0-CM codes found? | Sub-classification codes |
What are five-digit ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes referred to as? | Sub-classification codes |
What are four-digit ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes referred to as? | Sub-category codes |
Which of the following ICD-9-CM codes are always alphanumeric? | V Codes: Always alphanumeric. Easy to identify because they begin with the alpha character V and follow with numeric digits. |
Which of the following ICD-9-CM codes classify environmental events and circumstances as the cause of an injury, poisoning, or other adverse effect? | E Codes: Provide a means to describe environmental events, circumstances, and conditions as the cause of injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects. |
Which volume of ICD-9-CM contains the Tabular and Alphabetic Index of procedures? | Volume 3 |
Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code medical procedures and services? | CPT: A comprehensive descriptive listing of terms and codes for reporting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and medical services. |
If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the following? | Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to adequately excise the lesion described in the operative report |
According to CPT, a repair of a laceration that includes retention sutures would be considered what type of closure? | Complex - includes the repair of wounds requiring more than layered closure, viz., scar revision, debridement,extensive undermining, stents or retention sutures. |
A pt. is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved. She is treated with aspiration dilation and curettage. Products of conception found. Principal diagnosis is? | Miscarriage: Subsequent admissions for retained products of conception following a spontaneous or legally induced abortion are assigned the appropriate code from category 634, Spontaneous abortion, 635, Legally induced abortion, with a fifth digit of "I". |