CCS III -Exam Final 2024/2025
ICD-10-CM codes contain a maximum of how many characters?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven - ✔✔D. Seven
T/F? It is appropriate to report separately a procedure that is not an integral
part of another procedure. - ✔✔True
Which of the following organizations was responsible for funding the
development of ICD-10-PCS?
A. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
B. World Health Organization
C. National Center for Health Statistics
D. American Hospital Association - ✔✔A. The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
Which of the following statements is true of the ICD-10-PCS code
structure?
A. Codes are numeric.
B. Codes are made up of seven characters and no decimal points.
C. Codes are alphanumeric and made up of four characters.
D. Codes have a minimum of three characters, and up to four characters. -
✔✔B. Codes are made up of seven characters and no decimal points.
,T/F? Currently HCPCS includes three levels of codes - ✔✔False
Coding Clinics are:
a. CPT codes
b. ICD codes
c. NCD codes
d. DSM IV codes - ✔✔a. CPT codes
T/F? UHDDS guidelines define principle diagnosis and principle procedure.
- ✔✔True
What does the second character represent in the ICD-10-PCS code
structure in the Medical and Surgical Section?
A. Section
B. Body system
C. Root operation
D. Body part - ✔✔B. Body system
Carolyn works as a coder in a hospital inpatient department. She sees a
lab report in a patient's health record that is positive for staph infection.
However, there is no mention of staph in the physician's documentation.
What should Carolyn do?
a. tell her supervisor
b. query the physician
c. assign a code for the staph infection
, d. put a note in the chart - ✔✔b. query the physician
The determination of which code sets are to be utilized in a particular
healthcare setting is determined by ___.
a. Prospective payment grouper systems
b. The type of facility or service line
c. Official coding and reporting guidelines
d. The Cooperating Parties - ✔✔b. The type of facility or service line
An alternative to the retrospective coding model is the ____________
coding model where records are coded while the patient is still an inpatient
in the hospital.
a. Prospective
b. Analytical
c. Concurrent
d. Auxiliary - ✔✔c. Concurrent
T/F? The principal difference between DRGs and APCs is that whereas
one DRG is assigned for each inpatient admission, an outpatient encounter
may be assigned multiple APCs. - ✔✔True
T/F? In addition to assigning ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes,
encoders contain validity edits and other edits to help coders decide
whether certain codes are correct or whether reporting requirements have
been met. - ✔✔True
ICD-10-CM codes contain a maximum of how many characters?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven - ✔✔D. Seven
T/F? It is appropriate to report separately a procedure that is not an integral
part of another procedure. - ✔✔True
Which of the following organizations was responsible for funding the
development of ICD-10-PCS?
A. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
B. World Health Organization
C. National Center for Health Statistics
D. American Hospital Association - ✔✔A. The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
Which of the following statements is true of the ICD-10-PCS code
structure?
A. Codes are numeric.
B. Codes are made up of seven characters and no decimal points.
C. Codes are alphanumeric and made up of four characters.
D. Codes have a minimum of three characters, and up to four characters. -
✔✔B. Codes are made up of seven characters and no decimal points.
,T/F? Currently HCPCS includes three levels of codes - ✔✔False
Coding Clinics are:
a. CPT codes
b. ICD codes
c. NCD codes
d. DSM IV codes - ✔✔a. CPT codes
T/F? UHDDS guidelines define principle diagnosis and principle procedure.
- ✔✔True
What does the second character represent in the ICD-10-PCS code
structure in the Medical and Surgical Section?
A. Section
B. Body system
C. Root operation
D. Body part - ✔✔B. Body system
Carolyn works as a coder in a hospital inpatient department. She sees a
lab report in a patient's health record that is positive for staph infection.
However, there is no mention of staph in the physician's documentation.
What should Carolyn do?
a. tell her supervisor
b. query the physician
c. assign a code for the staph infection
, d. put a note in the chart - ✔✔b. query the physician
The determination of which code sets are to be utilized in a particular
healthcare setting is determined by ___.
a. Prospective payment grouper systems
b. The type of facility or service line
c. Official coding and reporting guidelines
d. The Cooperating Parties - ✔✔b. The type of facility or service line
An alternative to the retrospective coding model is the ____________
coding model where records are coded while the patient is still an inpatient
in the hospital.
a. Prospective
b. Analytical
c. Concurrent
d. Auxiliary - ✔✔c. Concurrent
T/F? The principal difference between DRGs and APCs is that whereas
one DRG is assigned for each inpatient admission, an outpatient encounter
may be assigned multiple APCs. - ✔✔True
T/F? In addition to assigning ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes,
encoders contain validity edits and other edits to help coders decide
whether certain codes are correct or whether reporting requirements have
been met. - ✔✔True
