If a patient presents with no complaints of illness or injury, the coder should:
A. use a V code.
B. bill the patient for the standard office visit fee.
C. use an E code.
D. use the code of any preexisting condition.
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Q. 2) Coding burns is based on:
A. the location of the burn.
B. the degree of severity of the burn.
C. the percentage of the total body burned.
D. all of the above.
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Q. 3) If the physician cannot determine the diagnosis at the time of the encounter, the coder should:
A. wait until a definite diagnosis is made.
B. ask the physician to guess at a possible diagnosis.
C. code the symptoms, signs, or reason for the encounter.
D. code any preexisting or coexisting conditions.
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Q. 4) Key coding guidelines that apply to ICD-9-CM coding include:
A. coding to the lowest level of specificity.
B. coding to the highest level of certainty and specificity.
C. coding the primary diagnosis after the current coexisting conditions.
D. downcoding to avoid any question of abuse.
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Q. 5) The first step in locating the accurate and most-specific code is to:
A. determine the reason for the encounter.
B. locate the term in the alphabetic index in Volume 2.
C. locate the term in the tabular list in Volume 1.
D. determine the services that were provided.
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Q. 6) Instructional notes are used in Volume 1 to:
A. define terms.
B. provide coding instructions.
C. provide fifth-digit information.
D. all of the above.
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Q. 7) Square brackets are used in Volume 1 to enclose:
A. antonyms and synonyms.
B. synonyms, alternate wording, or explanatory text.
C. eponyms and other proper names.
D. homonyms, alternate wording, or explanatory text.
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Q. 8) Volume 1 should be referred to by a coder:
A. after the correct main term and code have been located in Volume 2.
B. before using Volume 2 to find the written description of a condition.
C. only if the correct main term and code cannot be found in Volume 2.
D. after the correct main term and code have been located in Volume 3.
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Q. 9) In Volume 2, the acronym NEC (not elsewhere classified) is used to indicate that:
A. a condition hasn't been researched enough to be included in the classifications.
B. the coder must choose between two similar codes.
C. a specified form of the condition is classified differently.
D. this is the first year a condition has been included in the classifications.
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Q. 10) When using Volume 2 for coding narrowing of the vertebral artery with cerebral infarction, the main term a coder would look up is:
A. narrowing.
B. vertebral.
C. artery.
D. infarction.
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