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WGU C808 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS LATEST EXAM
CURRENTLY SET QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025
In ICD-10-PCS, the osteopathic section starts with - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 7
ICD-10-PCS structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 7 alphanumeric characters
Placeholder for ICD-10-PCS - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Z
ICD-10-CM structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 3 to 7 characters, with letter followed by numbers
CPT structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 5 numerical characters
HCPCS 1 is the same as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPT
Evaluation Management code - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPT code that is always 99---
ICD-O - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Oncology; is more specific
HCPCS Level II is for - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medicare and Medicaid patients
HCPCS Level II structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 5 characters, 1 letter, 4 numbers
Federal government agency that oversees Meaningful Use incentives - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CMS
Type of log filled out for the release of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Log of accounting of disclosure
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3 documents of a patient chart that is reviewed when a state auditor arrives - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ H&P,
Discharge, Progress Notes
HIPAA security safeguard that requires the use of audit logs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Technical Safeguards
A review of medical records that occurs as an analysis of discharge - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Quantitative
or discharge analysis
Organization that requires documentation (medical necessity) for services billed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
CMS
Joint Commission requires documentation of ___ before surgery - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ History/physical
Application that assigns and calculates MSDRGs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Grouper
Application that uses search tools to find appropriate code - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Encoder
Technology used to authenticate physician signatures (e-signatures) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Digital
signature
EHR system used to order therapeutic orders or consultations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPOE
System that is hooked up to Patient Portals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ EHRs
NCCI was implemented for __ - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medicare Part B
Who maintains the guidelines of SNOMED-CT? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ IHTSDO
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Who distributes the guidelines of SNOMED-CT free to hospitals from the IHTSDO in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ National Library of Medicine (NLM)
UHDDS (data set) is used for
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Inpatient coding, specifically ICD-10-CM primary diagnosis
Brackets in the Tabular List - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Enclose synonyms, alternative wording or
explanatory phrases
Brackets in the Alphabetic Index - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Identify manifestation codes
Parentheses in Alphabetic Index and Tabular List - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 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
The terms within the parentheses are referred to as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Nonessential modifiers
What is used to link classification systems and nomenclature in SNOMED? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
Crossmaps
Which HIM Professional work is audited during an audit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medical coder is
usually audited by the HIM department manager
Reason for admission into the hospital - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Principle Diagnosis
CPT anesthesia coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Time is a component in the code selection
Alcohol Poisoning - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ ICD-10-CM Psychoactive Substance Use, Abuse and
Dependence
WGU C808 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS LATEST EXAM
CURRENTLY SET QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2025
In ICD-10-PCS, the osteopathic section starts with - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 7
ICD-10-PCS structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 7 alphanumeric characters
Placeholder for ICD-10-PCS - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Z
ICD-10-CM structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 3 to 7 characters, with letter followed by numbers
CPT structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 5 numerical characters
HCPCS 1 is the same as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPT
Evaluation Management code - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPT code that is always 99---
ICD-O - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Oncology; is more specific
HCPCS Level II is for - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medicare and Medicaid patients
HCPCS Level II structure - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 5 characters, 1 letter, 4 numbers
Federal government agency that oversees Meaningful Use incentives - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CMS
Type of log filled out for the release of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Log of accounting of disclosure
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3 documents of a patient chart that is reviewed when a state auditor arrives - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ H&P,
Discharge, Progress Notes
HIPAA security safeguard that requires the use of audit logs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Technical Safeguards
A review of medical records that occurs as an analysis of discharge - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Quantitative
or discharge analysis
Organization that requires documentation (medical necessity) for services billed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
CMS
Joint Commission requires documentation of ___ before surgery - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ History/physical
Application that assigns and calculates MSDRGs - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Grouper
Application that uses search tools to find appropriate code - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Encoder
Technology used to authenticate physician signatures (e-signatures) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Digital
signature
EHR system used to order therapeutic orders or consultations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ CPOE
System that is hooked up to Patient Portals - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ EHRs
NCCI was implemented for __ - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medicare Part B
Who maintains the guidelines of SNOMED-CT? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ IHTSDO
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Who distributes the guidelines of SNOMED-CT free to hospitals from the IHTSDO in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ National Library of Medicine (NLM)
UHDDS (data set) is used for
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Inpatient coding, specifically ICD-10-CM primary diagnosis
Brackets in the Tabular List - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Enclose synonyms, alternative wording or
explanatory phrases
Brackets in the Alphabetic Index - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Identify manifestation codes
Parentheses in Alphabetic Index and Tabular List - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ 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
The terms within the parentheses are referred to as - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Nonessential modifiers
What is used to link classification systems and nomenclature in SNOMED? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔
Crossmaps
Which HIM Professional work is audited during an audit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Medical coder is
usually audited by the HIM department manager
Reason for admission into the hospital - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Principle Diagnosis
CPT anesthesia coding - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ Time is a component in the code selection
Alcohol Poisoning - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ ICD-10-CM Psychoactive Substance Use, Abuse and
Dependence
