A medical office specialist should always code to the highest level of specificity.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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Q. 2) The treatment provided for a particular condition is known as its manifestation.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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Q. 3) The primary diagnosis is the main reason for the visit or encounter.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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Q. 4) Type I diabetes mellitus indicates that the:
A. patient is insulin-dependent.
B. patient is not insulin-dependent.
C. diabetes is uncontrolled.
D. diabetes occurred during pregnancy.
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Q. 5) 0The term encounter refers to any occurrence of patient care, regardless of the setting in which it is provided.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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Q. 6) When the physician determines the patient's main reason for the encounter, this information is referred to as the:
A. primary diagnosis.
B. principal diagnosis.
C. admitting diagnosis.
D. chief complaint.
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Q. 7) In billing for inpatient services, two diagnosis codes are used. The final diagnosis after the patient has been admitted and an examination or tests have been performed is known as the:
A. rule-out diagnosis.
B. secondary diagnosis.
C. principal diagnosis.
D. primary diagnosis.
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Q. 8) A condition that remains after a patient's acute illness or injury is called a(n):
A. complication.
B. late effect.
C. manifestation.
D. adverse effect.
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Q. 9) Major categories of E codes include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. assaults or purposely inflicted injury.
B. late effects of accidents or self-injury.
C. accidental falls.
D. history of past medical conditions.
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Q. 10) In coding late (residual) effects, the coder should:
A. code only the cause of the late effect.
B. code only the late effect.
C. code first the cause followed by the code for the late effect.
D. code first the late effect followed by the code for its cause.
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