WGU D521 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL CODING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Diagnosis - (ANSWER)identification of a disease by a licensed provider
2. Morbidity - (ANSWER)Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a
population or group.
3. Mortality - (ANSWER)the state of being subject to death
4. Comorbidity - (ANSWER)a secondary condition that is present on admission and causes an
increase in length of stay (LOS)
5. Complication - (ANSWER)a secondary condition that arises during hospitalization and causes an
increase in length of stay (LOS)
6. Principal diagnosis - (ANSWER)that condition established after study, which is found to be
primarily responsible for admission of the patient to the hospital
7. What is a characteristic of ICD-6? - (ANSWER)The first version of ICD used for both death
classification and disease indexing
8. What was the first ICD revision for which an alternate was made due to disagreements? -
(ANSWER)The United States developed its own version of ICD-8 based on disagreements over
the circulatory section.
9. Which characteristic of ICD-10-PCS represents a difference from ICD-9-CM? - (ANSWER)No
diagnostic information is included.
10. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - (ANSWER)a professional
organization for health information management (HIM) professionals
11. American Hospital Association (AHA) - (ANSWER)Non profit group or alliance of member
hospitals and health care organizations that promote the interests of hospitals. It is an advocacy
group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
, WGU D521 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL CODING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
12. World Health Organization (WHO) - (ANSWER)A group within the United Nations responsible
for human health, including combating the spread of infectious diseases and health issues related
to natural disasters.
13. History of Present Illness (HPI) - (ANSWER)eight categories that constitute a chronological
description of an illness.
14. History of Present Illness (HPI) eight categories - (ANSWER)How long have you had the sore
throat? (duration)
15. What part of your throat hurts? (location)
16. Is the pain continuous? Does it become better or worse? (timing)
17. How does it compare to other sore throats you have had? (severity)
18. Do you also have other symptoms? (associated signs and symptoms)
19. What are you doing when it hurts? (context)
20. How would you describe the pain? (quality)
21. What have you done to obtain relief? Did it work? (modifying factors)
22. Common Diagnosis coding process errors - (ANSWER)Illegible physician handwriting
23. Illogical physician diagnosis documentation
24. Lack of physician documentation
25. Transcription errors by typist or voice-recognition systems
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Diagnosis - (ANSWER)identification of a disease by a licensed provider
2. Morbidity - (ANSWER)Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a
population or group.
3. Mortality - (ANSWER)the state of being subject to death
4. Comorbidity - (ANSWER)a secondary condition that is present on admission and causes an
increase in length of stay (LOS)
5. Complication - (ANSWER)a secondary condition that arises during hospitalization and causes an
increase in length of stay (LOS)
6. Principal diagnosis - (ANSWER)that condition established after study, which is found to be
primarily responsible for admission of the patient to the hospital
7. What is a characteristic of ICD-6? - (ANSWER)The first version of ICD used for both death
classification and disease indexing
8. What was the first ICD revision for which an alternate was made due to disagreements? -
(ANSWER)The United States developed its own version of ICD-8 based on disagreements over
the circulatory section.
9. Which characteristic of ICD-10-PCS represents a difference from ICD-9-CM? - (ANSWER)No
diagnostic information is included.
10. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) - (ANSWER)a professional
organization for health information management (HIM) professionals
11. American Hospital Association (AHA) - (ANSWER)Non profit group or alliance of member
hospitals and health care organizations that promote the interests of hospitals. It is an advocacy
group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
, WGU D521 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL CODING OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
12. World Health Organization (WHO) - (ANSWER)A group within the United Nations responsible
for human health, including combating the spread of infectious diseases and health issues related
to natural disasters.
13. History of Present Illness (HPI) - (ANSWER)eight categories that constitute a chronological
description of an illness.
14. History of Present Illness (HPI) eight categories - (ANSWER)How long have you had the sore
throat? (duration)
15. What part of your throat hurts? (location)
16. Is the pain continuous? Does it become better or worse? (timing)
17. How does it compare to other sore throats you have had? (severity)
18. Do you also have other symptoms? (associated signs and symptoms)
19. What are you doing when it hurts? (context)
20. How would you describe the pain? (quality)
21. What have you done to obtain relief? Did it work? (modifying factors)
22. Common Diagnosis coding process errors - (ANSWER)Illegible physician handwriting
23. Illogical physician diagnosis documentation
24. Lack of physician documentation
25. Transcription errors by typist or voice-recognition systems
