Automating the medical coding process is the goal of __________, which uses a natural language processing engine to read patient records and generate ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, HCPCS level II, and CPT codes.
a. computer-assisted coding
b. graphical user interfaces
c. mixed methods research
d. qualitative data analysis
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Q. 2) A male patient presents to the ED with acute renal failure. He is also being treated for
hypertension.
A. I12.9, N17.9 C. N17.9, I12.9
B. N17.9, I15.9 D. N17.9, I10
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Q. 3) The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act requires all code sets to be valid at the time services are provided. This means that ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS midyear and end-of-year coding updates must be implemented immediately so accurate codes are reported on claims. Midyear updates are implemented on __________, while end-of-year updates are implemented on __________.
a. April 1; October 1
b. August 1; February 1
c. July 1; January 1
d. June 1; December 1
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Q. 4) A patient admitted with gross hematuria and benign prostatic hypertrophy.
A. R31.0, N40.0 C. N40.0, R31.0
B. R31.0, N40.1 D. N40.1, R31.0
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Q. 5) The ICD-10-CM/PCS Coordination and Maintenance Committee is responsible for overseeing all changes and modifications to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes, including the creation and update of general equivalency mappings. ICD-10-CM codes are reported for __________, while ICD-10-PCS codes are reported for __________.
a. diagnoses; procedures
b. diagnoses; conditions
c. procedures; diagnoses
d. services; procedures
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Q. 6) A patient is admitted with acute urinary tract infection due to E. coli.
A. N39.0, B96.20 C. N30.90, B96.20
B. N11.9, B96.20 D. N10, B96.20
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Q. 7) Private companies publish __________, which automate the coding process so that computerized or web-based software is used instead of coding manuals.
a. converters
b. encoders
c. multiplexers
d. transducers
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Q. 8) A patient is admitted for rectal bleeding. The laboratory results reveal chronic blood-loss
anemia. The C. and the Bleeding Scan results of the abdomen revealed that the rectal bleeding
is due to Crohn's disease of the descending colon.
A. K50.118, D50.0 C. K50.011, D50.0
B. K50.111, D50.0 D. K50.911, D50.0
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Q. 9) ICD-10-PCS uses a __________ seven-character alphanumeric code structure (e.g., 047K04Z) that provides a unique code for all substantially different procedures, and it allows new procedures to be easily incorporated as new codes.
a. clinical
b. logical
c. multiaxial
d. relational
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Q. 10) A patient is admitted with bleeding esophageal varices with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and portal
hypertension. The patient is alcohol dependent.
A. K76.6, I85.11, K70.30 C. I85.01, K70.30, F10.288, K76.6
B. I85.11, K76.6, K70.30 D. K70.0 I85.11, K76.6
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