OVERS CHAPTER 13, FROM KINN-S THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

OVERS CHAPTER 13, FROM KINN'S
THE MEDICAL ASSISTANT EXAM

The signs and symptoms of a disease are its __________.
manifestations
symptoms
prognosis
etiology - Correct Answers -manifestations

The branch of medicine dealing with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in
a population and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the
source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease describes which of the following
terms?
Epidemiological
Etiology
Mortality
Sequela - Correct Answers -Epidemiological

When performing diagnostic coding you should start in looking in the:
Table of contents.
Alphabetic Index.
Tabular List.
None are correct - Correct Answers -Alphabetic Index.

ICD-10-CM uses up to ___ characters to identify a disease or injury.
9
7
5
3 - Correct Answers -7

The relative frequency of deaths in a specific population describes which of the
following terms?
Epidemiological
Etiology
Mortality
Sequela - Correct Answers -Mortality

Burns are coded to the site by __________.
site
body surface
degree