NCCQ UK REVISION EXAM #3 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
How is CKD due to hypertension coded?
CKD in primary
Hypertensive renal disease (or hypertensive heart and renal disease) in secondary
How is more than one grade of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) coded?
To highest grade of CIN
Why is O06 Unspecified abortion used?
Inadvertent loss of pregnancy due to direct cause
Unavoidable termination due to uterine surgery
How are complications of anaesthesia in Chapter XV Pregnancy, childbirth and the
puerperium coded?
According to the time the anaesthesia was administered
Which has sequencing priority when birth weight and gestational age are known?
Birth weight
Name the 3 sites that a Hydatid Morgagni can be excised from in a male
Testis, spermatic cord, epididymis
When coding M49.4 Introduction of therapeutic substance into bladder for chemotherapy,
what other codes are required?
Chemotherapy codes X70-73
Where would you look up a Davidov procedure (reconstruction of vagina using pelvic
peritoneal graft)?
Section II - Alphabetical list of surgical eponyms
In which position is a vaginal hysterectomy sequenced when performed with a vaginal
repair at P23 other repair of prolapse of vagina
Secondary position
What is sequenced in primary on a delivery episode?
Delivery code R17-25
Give 3 lead terms found in OPCS-4 alphabetical index
Excision, biopsy, resection
,Name the 3 volumes of ICD-10 5th edition
Volume 1 - Tabular ListVolume 2- Instruction ManualVolume 3 - Alphabetical Index
What is the filler character used in ICD-10?
X
What does the instructional note 'use' mean?
Use an additional code to supplement the code selected. It is found in the Tabular List and
identifies drugs, toxic agent or external cause
What does NOC, found in OPCS-4, stand for?
Not Otherwise Classifiable
Which section of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index contains surgical suffixes?
Section IV
What does Section II of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index contain?
Alphabetical Index of Surgical Eponyms
The abbreviation NOC is only found in what chapter of OPCS-4?
Chapter Y
Which body system is classified in OPCS-4 Chapter G?
Upper Digestive Tract
Which OPCS-4 note instructs coder to use a subsidiary code to identify minimal access
approach at chapter heading?
Use a
Define Bypass
Creating a surgical route around an obstruction without removing the obstruction
Which two categories in chapter Y classify image control?
Y53 and Y78
Which section of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index lists surgical abbreviations?
Section III
How many body areas are associated with category Y98 radiology procedures?
Nine
How many body system chapters are in ICD-10?
,9
Which intervention takes sequencing priority when adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are
performed together?
Tonsillectomy
Which 4th character denotes overlapping lesion in ICD-10?
.8
What size is a large aneurysm?
11-20mm
Body System radiotherapy codes have a note to assign a code from which category in
addition?
X65 Radiotherapy delivery
How many Classification abbreviations are used in OPCS-4?
4
How many dimensions of coding accuracy are there?
Three
How many special group chapters are there in ICD-10?
9
Fifth characters are available in which ICD-10 chapters?
IX, X, XIII, XIX
How many categories in OPCS-4 Chapter B classify breast reconstruction procedures?
Three
Which type of lung biopsy is classified to OPCS-4 E59?
Open biopsy of lung
Which surgical term involves the formation of a pouch?
Marsupialisation
What does PCI stand for?
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Which ICD-10 category is coded on the mother's delivery episode?
Z37
, Which 3 OPCS-4 Chapter L categories classify type and number of stents and must never
be primary?
L76, L89 and O20
When must .8 and .9 not be used?
Extended categoriesHigh cost drug categories
What does the term radical imply in OPCS-4?
An operation on more than one site and often involving more than one code
How do you code failed minimal access approach converted to open?
Open procedureFailed minimal access approach (Y71.4)
List 5 skin sites excluded from chapter S OPCS-4...
Eyelid, external nose, external ear, penis, vulva
In which two OPCS-4 chapters do we find conversion to and conversion from?
Chapter G Upper Digestive Tract
Chapter W Other Bones and Joints
What is the diagnostic versus therapeutic rule?
If a diagnostic procedure proceeds to, or is performed at the same time as, a therapeutic
procedure on the same site, only the code for the therapeutic procedure is required.
What is the first bullet point in the definition of an intervention?
For the prevention, diagnosis, care or relief of disease.
How many volumes make up ICD-10?
3
When was the primary diagnosis definition mandated?
1 April 1997
Which symbols denote aetiology and manifestation?
Dagger and asterisk
Which ICD-10 chapter must never be sequenced in primary?
Chapter XX External causes of morbidity and mortality
What type of chapter is chapter XXII codes for special purposes?
Other
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
How is CKD due to hypertension coded?
CKD in primary
Hypertensive renal disease (or hypertensive heart and renal disease) in secondary
How is more than one grade of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) coded?
To highest grade of CIN
Why is O06 Unspecified abortion used?
Inadvertent loss of pregnancy due to direct cause
Unavoidable termination due to uterine surgery
How are complications of anaesthesia in Chapter XV Pregnancy, childbirth and the
puerperium coded?
According to the time the anaesthesia was administered
Which has sequencing priority when birth weight and gestational age are known?
Birth weight
Name the 3 sites that a Hydatid Morgagni can be excised from in a male
Testis, spermatic cord, epididymis
When coding M49.4 Introduction of therapeutic substance into bladder for chemotherapy,
what other codes are required?
Chemotherapy codes X70-73
Where would you look up a Davidov procedure (reconstruction of vagina using pelvic
peritoneal graft)?
Section II - Alphabetical list of surgical eponyms
In which position is a vaginal hysterectomy sequenced when performed with a vaginal
repair at P23 other repair of prolapse of vagina
Secondary position
What is sequenced in primary on a delivery episode?
Delivery code R17-25
Give 3 lead terms found in OPCS-4 alphabetical index
Excision, biopsy, resection
,Name the 3 volumes of ICD-10 5th edition
Volume 1 - Tabular ListVolume 2- Instruction ManualVolume 3 - Alphabetical Index
What is the filler character used in ICD-10?
X
What does the instructional note 'use' mean?
Use an additional code to supplement the code selected. It is found in the Tabular List and
identifies drugs, toxic agent or external cause
What does NOC, found in OPCS-4, stand for?
Not Otherwise Classifiable
Which section of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index contains surgical suffixes?
Section IV
What does Section II of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index contain?
Alphabetical Index of Surgical Eponyms
The abbreviation NOC is only found in what chapter of OPCS-4?
Chapter Y
Which body system is classified in OPCS-4 Chapter G?
Upper Digestive Tract
Which OPCS-4 note instructs coder to use a subsidiary code to identify minimal access
approach at chapter heading?
Use a
Define Bypass
Creating a surgical route around an obstruction without removing the obstruction
Which two categories in chapter Y classify image control?
Y53 and Y78
Which section of OPCS-4 Alphabetical Index lists surgical abbreviations?
Section III
How many body areas are associated with category Y98 radiology procedures?
Nine
How many body system chapters are in ICD-10?
,9
Which intervention takes sequencing priority when adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are
performed together?
Tonsillectomy
Which 4th character denotes overlapping lesion in ICD-10?
.8
What size is a large aneurysm?
11-20mm
Body System radiotherapy codes have a note to assign a code from which category in
addition?
X65 Radiotherapy delivery
How many Classification abbreviations are used in OPCS-4?
4
How many dimensions of coding accuracy are there?
Three
How many special group chapters are there in ICD-10?
9
Fifth characters are available in which ICD-10 chapters?
IX, X, XIII, XIX
How many categories in OPCS-4 Chapter B classify breast reconstruction procedures?
Three
Which type of lung biopsy is classified to OPCS-4 E59?
Open biopsy of lung
Which surgical term involves the formation of a pouch?
Marsupialisation
What does PCI stand for?
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Which ICD-10 category is coded on the mother's delivery episode?
Z37
, Which 3 OPCS-4 Chapter L categories classify type and number of stents and must never
be primary?
L76, L89 and O20
When must .8 and .9 not be used?
Extended categoriesHigh cost drug categories
What does the term radical imply in OPCS-4?
An operation on more than one site and often involving more than one code
How do you code failed minimal access approach converted to open?
Open procedureFailed minimal access approach (Y71.4)
List 5 skin sites excluded from chapter S OPCS-4...
Eyelid, external nose, external ear, penis, vulva
In which two OPCS-4 chapters do we find conversion to and conversion from?
Chapter G Upper Digestive Tract
Chapter W Other Bones and Joints
What is the diagnostic versus therapeutic rule?
If a diagnostic procedure proceeds to, or is performed at the same time as, a therapeutic
procedure on the same site, only the code for the therapeutic procedure is required.
What is the first bullet point in the definition of an intervention?
For the prevention, diagnosis, care or relief of disease.
How many volumes make up ICD-10?
3
When was the primary diagnosis definition mandated?
1 April 1997
Which symbols denote aetiology and manifestation?
Dagger and asterisk
Which ICD-10 chapter must never be sequenced in primary?
Chapter XX External causes of morbidity and mortality
What type of chapter is chapter XXII codes for special purposes?
Other
