MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM CODING: TEST QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What are names of fracture types? -- Answer ✔✔ - Colles
- Smith's
- Jones
- Salter-Harris
- Dupuytren's
- Monteggia
2) What defines a Colles Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ a break in the radius close to the
wrist. most common in women however also happens to men
3) What defines a Smith's Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ Wa break to the end of the
radius
4) What defines a Jones Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ fracture of the bone on the pinky
toe side of your foot, the fifth metatarsal bone
, 5) What defines a Salter-Harris Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ fractures that involve the
growth plate in children;
6) What defines Dupuytren's Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ Also called Pott's fracture,
Pott's syndrome 1; term is applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures
caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force
7) What defines Monteggia Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ a fracture of the proximal ulna
associated w dislocation of the radial head.
8) What is fixation in regards to fractures and what are the types? -- Answer ✔✔
fixation is done to stabilize the fractured bone and enable healing of injured bone.
this is done by internal or external fixation
9) What approaches are referred to in musculoskeletal section of CPT? -- Answer
✔✔ Anterior, posterior and lateral
10) What are the most common sections of ICD-10-CM that are used with
Musculoskeletal coding? -- Answer ✔✔ - Diseases of Musculoskeletal System
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal lab findings NEC
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
11) M Codes that Risk Adjust -- Answer ✔✔ - M06.4-inflammatory polyarthropathy
- M06.8A-other specified rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site
- M06.9-rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified
- M32.9-systemic lupus erythematosus, unspecified, SLE NOS systemic lupus
erythematous NOS
systemic lupus erythemosus without organ involvement
- M32.1-CR(E)ST syndrome; combo of calcinosus, raynauds phenomenon,
esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactly, telangiectasia
- M35.3-polymyalgia rheumatica
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What are names of fracture types? -- Answer ✔✔ - Colles
- Smith's
- Jones
- Salter-Harris
- Dupuytren's
- Monteggia
2) What defines a Colles Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ a break in the radius close to the
wrist. most common in women however also happens to men
3) What defines a Smith's Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ Wa break to the end of the
radius
4) What defines a Jones Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ fracture of the bone on the pinky
toe side of your foot, the fifth metatarsal bone
, 5) What defines a Salter-Harris Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ fractures that involve the
growth plate in children;
6) What defines Dupuytren's Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ Also called Pott's fracture,
Pott's syndrome 1; term is applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures
caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force
7) What defines Monteggia Fracture? -- Answer ✔✔ a fracture of the proximal ulna
associated w dislocation of the radial head.
8) What is fixation in regards to fractures and what are the types? -- Answer ✔✔
fixation is done to stabilize the fractured bone and enable healing of injured bone.
this is done by internal or external fixation
9) What approaches are referred to in musculoskeletal section of CPT? -- Answer
✔✔ Anterior, posterior and lateral
10) What are the most common sections of ICD-10-CM that are used with
Musculoskeletal coding? -- Answer ✔✔ - Diseases of Musculoskeletal System
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal lab findings NEC
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
11) M Codes that Risk Adjust -- Answer ✔✔ - M06.4-inflammatory polyarthropathy
- M06.8A-other specified rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site
- M06.9-rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified
- M32.9-systemic lupus erythematosus, unspecified, SLE NOS systemic lupus
erythematous NOS
systemic lupus erythemosus without organ involvement
- M32.1-CR(E)ST syndrome; combo of calcinosus, raynauds phenomenon,
esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactly, telangiectasia
- M35.3-polymyalgia rheumatica
