CCS Exam Prep Questions AND ANSWERS

CCS Exam Prep Questions AND
ANSWERS

These ________________ are incorporated within the Alphabetic Index and
Tabular List of the ICD--CM as instructional notes - ANSWER>>conventions

The conventions and instructions of the classification take precedence over
______________________ - ANSWER>>guidelines

The ______________ ___________________ is an alphabetical list of terms and
their corresponding code. - ANSWER>>Alphabetic Index

The ________ ______________ is a structured list of codes divided into chapters
based on body system or condition. - ANSWER>>Tabular Index

The Alphabetic Index consists of what four parts? - ANSWER>>- Index of
Diseases and Injury
- Index of External Causes of Injury
- Table of Neoplasms
- Table of Drugs and Chemicals

The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains categories, ______________, and codes. -
ANSWER>>categories, subcategories, and codes

Characters for categories, subcategories, and codes in the ICD-10-CM Tabular
List may be either a ____________ or a _____________. - ANSWER>>letter or
number

A _____________ character category that has no further subdivision is
equivalent to a code. - ANSWER>>three

,Subcategories are either _____________ or _______________ categories -
ANSWER>>4 or 5

Codes may be 3,4,5,6, or 7 _____________________. - ANSWER>>characters

Each level of subdivision after a category is a ___________________. -
ANSWER>>subcategory

The final level of subdivision is a __________________. - ANSWER>>code

Codes that have applicable 7th characters are still referred to as codes, not
___________________. - ANSWER>>subcategories

A code that has an applicable 7th character is considered ___________without
the 7th character. - ANSWER>>invalid

The ICD-10-CM coding system uses an _____________ format for ease in
reference. - ANSWER>>indented

ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character _____________. - ANSWER>>"X"

The placeholder ___________________ is used as a placeholder for future
__________________. - ANSWER>>"X" expansion

For reporting purposes only ____________________ are permissible, not
categories or subcategories, and any applicable 7th character is required. -
ANSWER>>codes

When a placeholder exists, the X must be used in order for the code to be
considered a ______________________ code. - ANSWER>>valid

NEC - ANSWER>>Not Elsewhere Classified

, NEC represents ____________________ - ANSWER>>Other specified

When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index
directs the coder to the ______________ _______________ code in the Tabular
List. - ANSWER>>other specified

NOS - ANSWER>>Not otherwise specified

NOS is the equivalent of ______________________. - ANSWER>>Unspecified

NOS and NEC mean the same thing in both the Alphabetic Index and the
______________ __________________. - ANSWER>>Tabular List

________________ are used in the Tabular List to enclose synonyms, alternative
wording, or explanatory phrases. - ANSWER>>brackets

____________________ are used in the Alphabetic Index to indicate
manifestation codes. - ANSWER>>brackets

_____________________ are used in both the Alphabetic Index and the Tabular
List to enclose supplementary words that may be present or absent in the
statement of a disease or procedure without affecting the code number to
which it is assigned. - ANSWER>>Parenthesis

The terms within the parenthesis are referred to as ___________________
_______________________. - ANSWER>>nonessential modifiers

_________________ _____________________ in the Alphabetic Index to
Diseases apply to subterms following a main term except when a
_____________ ______________________ and a subentry are mutually
exclusive, the subentry takes precedence. For example, in ICD-10-CM Alphabetic
Index, under the main term Enteritis, "acute" is a ______________
_________________ and "chronic" is a subentry. In this case, the __________