HIM 1103 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers
• Question 1
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In the CPT code book, specific guidelines are presented at the beginning of
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• Question 2
In ICD 10 PCS, you can only choose right or left sides and there are no options for bilateral.
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• Question 3
In ICD 10 CM coding, General Coding Guidelines and Chapter Specific Guidelines are optional to use and only meant to give suggestions for highest degree of specificity in coding.
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• Question 4
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In CPT coding, a chief complaint is the documentation a physician uses as the reason for a procedure.
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• Question 5
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The first character of a PCS code always indicates the section the code will be found in.
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• Question 6
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In ICD 10 CM coding, if documentation indicates “acute on chronic” for the condition, this will require two codes with the “acute” code being sequenced first.
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• Question 7
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In ICD 10 CM coding, the Chapter Specific guidelines given pertain only to hospital inpatient settings.
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• Question 8
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The codes for Durable Medical Equipment are not included in the coding sections or categories of the CPT code book, and are found in a separate code book called HCPCS.
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• Question 9
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If an ICD 10 PCS code is used, the 2nd character will identify which system of the body the procedure was done on.
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• Question 10
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A physician superbill along with physician documentation can be used for CPT coding.
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• Question 11
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The ICD 10 PCS guidelines are found in the front of the code book and no additional instructions are given in the Tabular List.
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• Question 12
The modifier for a bilateral procedure is -50.
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• Question 13
In the ICD 10 PCS coding system, the first character of a code can only start with a number and never a letter.
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• Question 14
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In all three coding system code books, the guidelines are all found in the front of the book and the Alphabetic Indexes are found in the back of the book.
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• Question 15
There are seven columns in an ICD 10 PCS Code Table from which to
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choose your last characters to finish building your code after finding your first three characters in the Alphabetic Index.
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• Question 16
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When finding the add on code (+) symbol by a CPT code, it means that you
will need to find an additional code from the Alphabetic Index
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• Question 17
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In ICD 10 CM, codes are to be chosen to their highest degree of characters available.
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• Question 18
Parenthesis, brackets, and colons in ICD 10 CM coding are classified as punctuation.
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True
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• Question 19
In CPT Coding, to be considered an established patient you must have
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received any professional service from the physician or another physician in the group of the same specialty within the last six years.
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• Question 20
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One of the reasons a modifier might be used in CPT coding is to indicate that a procedure was provided more than once in the same day.
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• Question 21
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Italics are used in the ICD 10 CM code book to indicate exclusion notes and to identify manifestation codes that should not be reported as First Listed or Principal diagnosis.
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• Question 22
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POA (Present on Admission) indicators are used in both Outpatient coding and Inpatient coding.
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• Question 23
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The modifiers for CPT coding are found at the end of each section of the CPT code book.
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• Question 24
A placeholder letter in ICD 10 CM is optional for a code to be valid.
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• Question 25
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In inpatient coding, the condition that caused admission to the hospital, not the chief complaint of the patient in the ER or at a physician’s office, is what is coded as the principal diagnosis.
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• Question 26
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There are 41 possible Root Operations listed in the ICD 10 PCS Code Book to use for coding from the Medical and Surgical section of the code book.
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• Question 27
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When coding “acute appendicitis with rupture”, rupture is the main term based on the definition of a main term in the ICD 10 CM code book and appendicitis is the sub term.
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• Question 28
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An electrolyte panel coded from the CPT code book will contain 7 codes for the 7 types of labs found in the Pathology and Laboratory section of the code book.
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• Question 29
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The use of forceps during the delivery of the Products of Conception (POC) is coded from the Obstetrics Section of ICD 10 PCS.
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• Question 30
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Repairs or wound closures in the Integumentary System are classified as simple, intermediate, and complex.
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• Question 31
The CPT coding system uses 7 characters only for a code.
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• Question 32
Information regarding colors and symbols used in the Tabular List in the ICD 10 CM book are found at the bottom of the page.
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True
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• Question 33
The 7th character in an ICD 10 PCS Code from the Medical and Surgical section describes the approach used in the procedure.
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• Question 34
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When coding outpatient services you can only code confirmed diagnosis. If there is no confirmed diagnosis then you can only code the signs and symptoms documented.
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• Question 35
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In the General Coding Guidelines in ICD 10 CM coding, the definition of a sequela is a residual effect after the acute phase of an illness.
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• Question 36
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A placeholder in an ICD 10 CM code is indicated by the use of the letter Z.
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• Question 37
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There are 7 alphanumeric characters in an ICD 10 PCS code and each code has a specific value that describes aspects of the whole procedure.
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• Question 38
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In ICD 10 CM coding, it is not necessary to indicate the trimester when the mother is in labor.
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• Question 39
An external cause of morbidity code should never be sequenced as the First Listed or Principal Diagnosis.
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True
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• Question 40
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In ICD 10 CM, personal and family history codes are indicated by the first character as a Z.
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• Question 41
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In ICD 10 CM coding, signs and symptoms should not be coded if there is a definitive diagnosis given.
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• Question 42
When coding a PCS code it is important to first determine the Root Operation before finding the most accurate code.
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True
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• Question 43
To unbundle a code means to take a combination code and divide it into
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two separate codes so that you can increase your payment from the payer.
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• Question 44
The PCS code for the procedure of a tubal ligation not done after the delivery of a Products of Conception (POC) is found in the Obstetrics Section of the PCS code book.
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• Question 45
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In CPT coding, there is a Table of Contents at the beginning of each section which contains code ranges for the different types of codes in that section.
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• Question 46
In the ICD 10 PCS Coding System, when building a code and the
6th character identifies that a device was used, it is identifying that an instrument was used to conduct the procedure.
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• Question 47
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In an ICD 10 PCS code, the 5th character is used to indicate the approach when coding an appendectomy from the Medical and Surgical section.
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• Question 48
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A code range in CPT coding is defined as all possible codes for a general procedure and can be found in the Alphabetic Index when locating a code in the CPT code book.
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• Question 49
The occurrence of drug toxicity when a drug has been properly administered Poisoning. According to the ICD 10 CM Chapter Specific Guidelines.
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• Question 50
It is essential in ICD 10 CM to use both the Alphabetic Index and the Tabular List when locating and assigning an accurate code.
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• Question 51
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In ICD 10 PCS, a new section was added in in the 2016 code book which is called New Inpatient Procedures.
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• Question 52
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In ICD 10 CM coding, when a code is titled “unspecified” it means that a coder has to find a more specific code even though the documentation is not specific.
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• Question 53
The circumstances of inpatient admissions governs the selection of the principal diagnosis.
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True
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• Question 54
In ICD 10 PCS coding, it is permissible to code a diagnosis where the physician indicates it is possible but not definitive.
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True
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• Question 55
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When using the Coding Tables in ICD 10 PCS coding you can only choose one character per column.
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• Question 56
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Each department in the Revenue Cycle works independently of each other for most efficiency.
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• Question 57
The Revenue Cycle consists only of the billing and denial resolutions.
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• Question 58
The CPT code book is in numerical order except for the Evaluation and Management section.
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True
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• Question 59
Cushing’s disease is an example of an eponym.
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• Question 60
All ICD 10 CM codes have only 7 characters.
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