What is an Excludes1 note in ICD-10?
a. An external cause code must also be coded.
b. A manifestation must be coded before it.
c. The excluded code should never be coded.
d. Both codes must always be coded together. - ANSWER c. The excluded
code should never be coded.
When a condition or disease affects both eyes, it refers to a bilateral condition.
What code in ICD-10 is used to denote a bilateral service?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWER c. 3
When the condition is noted as bilateral and there is no bilateral code to be used,
how is it coded?
a. It is assigned an unspecified code.
b. It should be provided with the left or the right code.
c. It should be provided with various codes for left as well as the right side.
, d. It should be provided with the left as well as the right code twice. -
ANSWER c. It should be provided with various codes for both the left and right
side.
When coding eyelids, if a bilateral code is not possible and all four eyelids are
involved, individual codes on all four eyelids have to be assigned.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER a. True
In the Alphabetic Index ____ are used in identifying manifestation codes.
a. Bold face letters
b. Brackets
c. Parenthesis
d. Quotation marks - ANSWER b. Brackets
In the CMS "Grace Period" policy, what does a "family" of codes mean?
a. Any 7-character category
b. Any 6-character category
c. Any 3-character category
d. Any 5-character category - ANSWER c. Any 3-character category
The term used in ICD-10 to describe a consequence of a previous disease or
injury is:
a. An external cause code must also be coded.
b. A manifestation must be coded before it.
c. The excluded code should never be coded.
d. Both codes must always be coded together. - ANSWER c. The excluded
code should never be coded.
When a condition or disease affects both eyes, it refers to a bilateral condition.
What code in ICD-10 is used to denote a bilateral service?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ANSWER c. 3
When the condition is noted as bilateral and there is no bilateral code to be used,
how is it coded?
a. It is assigned an unspecified code.
b. It should be provided with the left or the right code.
c. It should be provided with various codes for left as well as the right side.
, d. It should be provided with the left as well as the right code twice. -
ANSWER c. It should be provided with various codes for both the left and right
side.
When coding eyelids, if a bilateral code is not possible and all four eyelids are
involved, individual codes on all four eyelids have to be assigned.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER a. True
In the Alphabetic Index ____ are used in identifying manifestation codes.
a. Bold face letters
b. Brackets
c. Parenthesis
d. Quotation marks - ANSWER b. Brackets
In the CMS "Grace Period" policy, what does a "family" of codes mean?
a. Any 7-character category
b. Any 6-character category
c. Any 3-character category
d. Any 5-character category - ANSWER c. Any 3-character category
The term used in ICD-10 to describe a consequence of a previous disease or
injury is:
