Module 1 ICD 10 PCS Quiz
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
If a patient has a total laparoscopic cholecystectomy, what root operation does this pr
... [Show More] ocedure represent?
Selected Answer:
Resection
Answers: Excision
Resection Repair Removal
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
If a patient has a left upper lung lobectomy to completely remove the left upper lung lobe, the coder will code:
Selected Answer:
Resection of upper lung lobe, left
Answers: Resection of lung, left
Resection of upper lung lobe, left Excision of upper lung lobe, left Excision of lung, left
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
If a patient has a laparoscopic (the surgery is done via a scope) cholecystectomy (complete removal of the gallbladder) that requires being converted to an open cholecystectomy, the ICD- 10-PCS coding guidelines require that the coder must code:
Selected Answer:
Both percutaneous endoscopic inspection and the open resection of the gallbladder
Answers: Open excision of the gallbladder
Open resection of the gallbladder Percutaneous endoscopic inspection
Both percutaneous endoscopic inspection and the open resection of the gallbladder
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
If the physician documents "partial resection of the stomach", the coder should: Selected Answer:
Code the root operation "Excision"
Answers: Code the root operation "Resection"
Code the root operation "Excision"
Query the physician to ask if he means "excision" , "removal", or "resection" Code the root operation "Removal"
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
If a patient has an open reduction of a dislocation of the temporomandibular joint on the left side, what root operation does this procedure represent based on the definitions given for root operations in the Appendix in the back of the ICD 10 PCS code book?
Selected Answer:
Reposition
Answers: Reduction Realignment
Reposition Placement
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
If a resection (removal) of a joint is performed first and then a joint replacement is performed as one procedure, the coder should code:
Selected Answer:
Answers:
Code only the joint replacement with the removal of the joint as part of the procedure.
Question 7
0 out of 1 points
Code only the joint replacement with the removal of the joint as part of the procedure.
Query the physician to ask what should be coded.
Code separately the resection (removal) of the joint and the joint replacement.
Code the resection (removal) first and then code the joint replacement second.
When a biopsy is done, the meaning of the 7th character qualifier that is used in building the code is:
Selected Answer:
Excision
Answers: Excision Pathology
Diagnostic Resection
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
When building an ICD 10 PCS code, the first step (after reading the documentation and making sure you understand all terms) to building the most accurate code is to:
Selected Answer:
Determine the objective or intent of the procedure to find the root operation.
Answers: Find the body system to code.
Go directly to the Coding Tables. Determine the approach of the procedure.
Determine the objective or intent of the procedure to find the root operation.
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
ICD-10-PCS is the HIPAA mandated code set for reporting: Selected Answer:
inpatient procedures
Answers: outpatient procedures inpatient diagnoses
inpatient procedures outpatient diagnoses
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
What letters are not used in the ICD 10 PCS coding system? Selected Answer:
I and O
Answers: E and T S and X O and S
I and O
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
The total number of characters in an ICD-10-PCS code is: Selected Answer:
seven
Answers: six five
seven eight
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
If multiple tubular body parts are inspected, the coder must: Selected Answer:
Code the most distal body part inspected in the procedure.
Answers: Code all body parts inspected separately.
Query the physician as to which part of the procedure was most extensive. Code the first body part inspected in the procedure.
Code the most distal body part inspected in the procedure.
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
If the patient has a diagnostic or biopsy procedure performed followed by a more definitive procedure on the same body site during the same operative episode, the coder must code:
Selected Answer:
Both the diagnostic or biopsy procedure and the more definitive procedure.
Answers: The diagnostic procedure only.
The combination code that covers both the diagnostic procedure and the more definitive procedure.
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Both the diagnostic or biopsy procedure and the more definitive procedure. The most extensive procedure.
Devices in the Medical and Surgical section are depicted in the code by character: Selected Answer:
six
Answers: seven five
six four
Question 15
0 out of 1 points
When a physician performs a cystoscopy which is done with making a small incision to insert a scope, the approach for this procedure is:
Selected Answer:
Via natural or artificial opening, endoscopic
Answers: Via natural or artificial opening with percutaneous endoscopic assistance Open approach
Via natural or artificial opening, endoscopic
Percutaneous endoscopic approach
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
In the Medical and Surgical section, the third character of the ICD 10 PCS code always represents the:
Selected Answer:
Root Operation
Answers:
Root Operation Body System Device
Body Part
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
The first character of all codes in ICD-10-PCS from the Medical and Surgical section will begin with:
Selected Answer:
a number
Answers: a letter or a number a letter
a letter/number combination
a number
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
If the intended procedure is discontinued before the intended root operation is performed, which root operation is used for coding the initiation of the procedure without completing the procedure?
Selected Answer:
Inspection
Answers: Dilation Placement Insertion
Inspection
Question 19
1 out of 1 points
In the Conventions section included in the ICD 10 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, there are guidelines that start with an “A” and provide foundational information on how to build a code accurately in ICD 10 PCS coding. Convention A6 addresses which of the following?
Selected Answer:
The purpose of the Alphabetic Index
Answers: To describe meaning of the seven characters of a PCS code.
How to use the Code Table index.
How to translate physician documentation into a code.
The purpose of the Alphabetic Index
Question 20
1 out of 1 points
The fifth character of the ICD-10-PCS code in the Medical and Surgical section is for the approach which identifies the method used to reach the operative site. If this approach involves a puncture or minor incision through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary using any instrumentation except a scope to reach the site of the procedure, then the approach is:
Selected Answer:
Percutaneous approach
Answers: Via natural or artificial opening with percutaneous endoscopic assistance Open approach
Percutaneous endoscopic approach
Percutaneous approach
Question 21
1 out of 1 points
What value is used if there is a character that does not apply to a given code? Selected Answer:
Z
Answers:
Question 22
1 out of 1 points
Z O
dash (-) X
Which of the following statements is false regarding ICD-10-PCS?
Selected Answer:
Answers:
ICD 10 PCS may contain 5, 6, or 7 characters in the code.
Question 23
ICD 10 PCS may contain 5, 6, or 7 characters in the code.
The first character is ICD 10 PCS designates the section the code is from and may start with either a letter or a number.
It is not required that the physician use the exact same standardized medical terminology as is used in the ICD 10 PCS coding system in order for a coder to code the documentation given.
When the word "and" is used in a code description in the coding tables, it means "and/or" per the ICD 10 Conventions found in the code book.
1 out of 1 points
The second character of the PCS code in the Medical and Surgical section represents the body system. The body systems characters are specified in what part of the code book?
Selected Answer:
The Introduction
Answers: The coding guidelines The conventions section The Coding Tables
The Introduction
Question 24
1 out of 1 points
The number of root operations available to use in the Medical and Surgical section of the code book only is:
Selected Answer:
31
Answers: 28
31
24
21
Question 25
1 out of 1 points
Non-coronary Bypass procedures are coded by: Selected Answer:
By identifying the body part bypassed from and bypassed to in the code.
Answers: A qualifier character that indicates this is a bypass.
A device character that indicates this is a bypass
By identifying the body part bypassed from and bypassed to in the code. The root procedure only indicating this is a bypass procedure [Show Less]