Mary Jones has been experiencing a fever, rapid respiration and heart rate, and an increased white blood cell count. She has been diagnosed with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. This encounter would be coded using which of the following codes?
780.60 Fever
785.0 Rapid heart rate
786.06 Rapid respiration
995.90 SIRS, unspecified
995.91 SIRS, due to infectious process without organ dysfunction
995.92 SIRS, due to infectious process with organ dysfunction
A) 780.60, 785.0, 786.06, and 995.90
B) 780.60, 785.0, 786.06, and 995.92
C) 995.90
D) 995.91
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Q. 2) The word part that means an abnormal discharge of body fluids is which of the following?
A) rrhage
B) rrhagia
C) rrhea
D) rrhexis
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Q. 3) Which of the following is a systemic infection with the presence of pathological organisms or their toxins in the blood?
A) sepsis
B) septic shock
C) septicemia
D) severe sepsis
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Q. 4) Which of the following is the word part for through?
A) ante
B) dia
C) intra
D) cele
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Q. 5) What is the most common method to definitively diagnose a streptococcal sore throat?
A) blood culture
B) culture and sensitivity test
C) examination of the throat
D) throat culture
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Q. 6) ICD-9-CM procedure codes are comprised of up to how many digits?
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
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Q. 7) Which of the following are included in clinical tests used to diagnose tuberculosis?
A) blood culture and chest X-ray
B) chest X-ray, Mantoux skin test, and sputum culture
C) culture and sensitivity and Mantoux skin test
D) sputum culture and blood culture
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Q. 8) Select the appropriate diagnostic code and E code using an ICD-9-CM code book for the diagnostic statements given in the following questions.
Tyler was taken to the emergency room after a bar fight. He suffered a broken jaw.
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Q. 9) Tuberculosis spreads through the body via lymph and blood vessels and most commonly localizes in which of the following?
A) colon
B) heart
C) lungs
D) rectum
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Q. 10) Select the appropriate diagnostic code and E code using an ICD-9-CM code book for the diagnostic statements given in the following questions.
Phil was working in his shop and got distracted for a brief moment and sliced his middle and index fingers involving the tendons of the right hand with a band saw.
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