Test Bank for Understanding ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS 2020 5th Edition by Bowie.

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01: Introduction to Coding and Coding Professions
1. Medical coding is the assignment of codes to indicate the reimbursement amounts for a case.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: M
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 12:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 12:24 AM

2. By using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes, health care diagnostic and procedural information can be collected,
processed, and analyzed more effectively.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: M
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:04 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:07 AM

3. ICD-10-CM is the abbreviation for International Coding of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: D
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:07 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:10 AM

4. Morbidity is the rate or frequency of deaths.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: M
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:14 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:16 AM

5. CMS updates the ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes each quarter of the year.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: D
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:17 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:17 AM

6. CMS funded a project in 2001 to design a procedural coding system. AHIMA was awarded the cont
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: D
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:18 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:21 AM

7. When comparing ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-CM has fewer codes for reporting diseases and injurie
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: M
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 12/11/2019 2:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 12/11/2019 2:26 AM

8. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS was implemented on October 1, 2015.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: M

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