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HIMS 5535 Exam 2 Questions and answers 2025
preoperative diagnosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
diagnosis given to the patient at the beginning of a
procedure
postoperative diagnosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
definitive medical condition of the patient either
diagnosed or treated during the procedure
For ambulatory surgery, if the preoperative and
postoperative diagnoses are different which code
should be selected? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Select the
postoperative diagnosis for coding. It is more definitive
comorbid condition - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A chronic or
long-term condition that presents along with another
chronic or long-term condition
How should comorbid conditions be coded? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Each condition should be
represented with an individual ICD 10 CM code.
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The condition that required treatment should be
sequenced first.
complication of care - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A condition
that occurs as a result of the medical care or surgery
In order to report a condition as a complication of care,
the documentation must clearly identify ... - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ A cause and effect relationship between
medical treatment (surgery) and resulting complication
never events - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ serious errors in
medical treatment that should never happen
What are examples of a never event? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ surgery performed on the wrong patient
Surgery performed on the wrong body part
Are never events reimbursable? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
no, they cannot be charged to patient or patient's third
party payer
Skin lesions - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Any abnormality of
the skins
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What are examples of skin lesions? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Freckles, moles, precancerous and malignant
areas, skin tags, scrapes, cuts
Skin Ulcer - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An open wound on the
skin that may be caused by infection, pressure, or
venous problems.
What are the 2 types of skin ulcers? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Pressure ulcer & non-pressure ulcer
pressure ulcer - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An ulcer due to
prolonged pressure on the skin. (Pressure causes reduce
blood flow and oxygen to the tissue... ultimately death
of tissue in that area)
debridement - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The removal of
dead, disease, infected, or otherwise nonviable tissue
from a wound to improve the healing ability of the area
If during the encounter the stage of an unstageable
pressure ulcer is revealed after debridement.... -
HIMS 5535 Exam 2 Questions and answers 2025
preoperative diagnosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
diagnosis given to the patient at the beginning of a
procedure
postoperative diagnosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The
definitive medical condition of the patient either
diagnosed or treated during the procedure
For ambulatory surgery, if the preoperative and
postoperative diagnoses are different which code
should be selected? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Select the
postoperative diagnosis for coding. It is more definitive
comorbid condition - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A chronic or
long-term condition that presents along with another
chronic or long-term condition
How should comorbid conditions be coded? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Each condition should be
represented with an individual ICD 10 CM code.
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The condition that required treatment should be
sequenced first.
complication of care - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A condition
that occurs as a result of the medical care or surgery
In order to report a condition as a complication of care,
the documentation must clearly identify ... - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ A cause and effect relationship between
medical treatment (surgery) and resulting complication
never events - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ serious errors in
medical treatment that should never happen
What are examples of a never event? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ surgery performed on the wrong patient
Surgery performed on the wrong body part
Are never events reimbursable? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
no, they cannot be charged to patient or patient's third
party payer
Skin lesions - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Any abnormality of
the skins
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What are examples of skin lesions? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Freckles, moles, precancerous and malignant
areas, skin tags, scrapes, cuts
Skin Ulcer - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An open wound on the
skin that may be caused by infection, pressure, or
venous problems.
What are the 2 types of skin ulcers? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Pressure ulcer & non-pressure ulcer
pressure ulcer - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ An ulcer due to
prolonged pressure on the skin. (Pressure causes reduce
blood flow and oxygen to the tissue... ultimately death
of tissue in that area)
debridement - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The removal of
dead, disease, infected, or otherwise nonviable tissue
from a wound to improve the healing ability of the area
If during the encounter the stage of an unstageable
pressure ulcer is revealed after debridement.... -
