Rated A
The official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting they are arranged in the classification. -
are approved by the ______________ for ICD- ANSWERS - structure and conventions
10-CM to accompany and complement the
official conventions and instructions provided
within ICD-10-CM - ANSWERS - Section II of the Official Guidelines for Coding
cooperating parties and Reporting includes guidelines for selection of
the ____________ for non outpatient settings -
ANSWERS - Principal diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms associated with a disease
should not be assigned as additional codes (if a
patient complains of shortness of breath and is Section III of the Official Guidelines for Coding
diagnosed with pneumonia the only codes and Reporting includes guidelines for reporting
assigned is for pneumonia since shortness of ______________ in non outpatient settings -
breath is a symptom of pneumonia) - ANSWERS - additional diagnoses
ANSWERS -
Inpatient Care requires the reporting of additional
Coding guidelines use the term diagnoses which are called - ANSWERS -
______________ for all health care settings comorbidities
including inpatient hospital admissions -
ANSWERS - encounter
Section IV of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting covers ________________ coding
Coding guidelines use the term ___________ to and reporting - ANSWERS - outpatient
mean physician or any qualified health care diagnosis
practitioner who is legally accountable for
establishing the patient's diagnosis. -
ANSWERS - provider Appendix I of the Official Guidelines for Coding
and Reporting covers _________________
reporting guidelines - ANSWERS - present
The ______________ regulations for electronic on admission (POA)
transactions require providers and third-party
payers including Medicare administrative
contractors (MACs) to adhere to the Official If The provider documents "a borderline
Guidelines for coding and Reporting - diagnosis" at the time of discharge code the
ANSWERS - HIPAA diagnosis as confirmed even when the ICD-10-
CM Index to Diseases and Injuries provides a
specific entry that includes the word "borderline"
Section I of the Official Guidelines for Coding and (True or False) - ANSWERS - False
Reporting includes the _______________ of the
classification and general guidelines that apply to
the entire classification and chapter-specific When reviewing ICD-10-CM Index to Disease
guidelines that correspond to the chapters as and Injuries entries if the code listed contains a
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