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Which term describes benign new growths or tumors, in which cell reproduction is out of control?


A) cancer
B) malignancy
C) neoplasms
D) tissues

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which appears in the ICD-10-CM tabular list below certain categories to further define, clarify, or give examples of the content of a code category?


A) excludes1 notes
B) excludes2 notes
C) includes notes
D) inclusion terms

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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In the outpatient setting, the __________ diagnosis is reported to reflect the reason for the encounter.


A) first-listed
B) primary
C) principal
D) sign or symptom

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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A code listed next to a main term in the ICD-10-CM index is referred to as a(n) __________ code..


A) category
B) default
C) etiology
D) unspecified

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Old age is represented by which ICD-10-CM code?


A) R53.1
B) R53.83
C) R54
D) R55

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which means not included here and indicates that, although the excluded condition is not classified as part of the condition it is excluded from, a patient may be diagnosed with all conditions at the same time?


A) excludes1 note
B) excludes2 note

C) A) and B)
D) undefined

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Wherever an etiology and manifestation combination of codes exists, the ICD-10-CM tabular list etiology code contains a(n) __________ note.


A) code first underlying disease
B) in diseases classifiable elsewhere
C) other and other specified codes
D) use additional code

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which instruction directs the coder to the main term for a diagnosis code, found in the ICD-10-CM disease index?


A) See
B) See also
C) See category
D) See condition

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classifications include updated medical terminology and classification of diseases, provide codes to allow for the comparison of mortality and morbidity data, and provide __________ for the purpose of conducting research, designing payment systems, identifying fraud and abuse, and more.


A) clinical decisions
B) improved data
C) measurement of care
D) public health tracing

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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For carcinoma of breast with spread to the lungs, the primary site is __________.


A) breast
B) lungs
C) undetermined
D) unspecified

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which punctuation is used in the ICD-10-CM index and tabular list to enclose nonessential modifiers, which are supplementary words that may be present in or absent from the physician's statement of a disease or procedure without affecting the code number to which it is assigned?


A) braces
B) colons
C) parentheses
D) slanted brackets

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries is a(n) __________, which include specific illnesses, injuries, eponyms, abbreviations, and other descriptive diagnostic terms.


A) alphabetical listing of terms and corresponding codes
B) group of boldfaced procedure terms with subterms
C) set of tables organized according to body system
D) tabular list of codes and their code descriptions

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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According to Medicare, if it is possible that scheduled tests, services, or procedures may be found medically unnecessary, the patient must sign an advance beneficiary notice, which __________.


A) acknowledges the patient's responsibility for payment if Medicare denies the claim
B) ensures that the provider will receive reimbursement from another third-party payer
C) guarantees that Medicare will deny payment for the claim, and the patient must pay
D) improves the chances that Medicare will approve the submitted claim for payment

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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ICD-10-CM subcategory codes contain __________ characters.


A) 3 or 4
B) 4 or 5
C) 5 or 6
D) 6 or 7

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Elective abortion (complete) due to suspected damage to single fetus from maternal rubella. Which ICD-10-CM codes should be assigned?


A) O04.89, O35.3xx0
B) O04.89, O35.3xx1
C) Z33.2, O35.3xx0
D) Z33.2, O35.3xx1

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Postimmunization arthropathy, left elbow is represented by which ICD-10-CM code?


A) M02.2x2
B) M02.22x2
C) M02.222
D) M02.229

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which are essential modifiers that qualify the main term in the ICD-10-CM index by listing alternative sites, etiology, or clinical status?


A) neoplasms
B) nonessential modifiers
C) qualifiers
D) subterms

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The ICD-10-CM Table of Neoplasms is indexed according to anatomic site and contains four cellular classifications, organized in columns: malignant, benign, uncertain behavior, and unspecified nature. Which column classifies a noninvasive, nonspreading, nonmalignant tumor?


A) malignant
B) benign
C) uncertain behavior
D) unspecified nature

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Wherever an etiology and manifestation combination of codes exists, the ICD-10-CM tabular list manifestation code contains a(n) __________ note.


A) code first underlying disease
B) in diseases classifiable elsewhere
C) other and other specified codes
D) use additional code

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Vascular parkinsonism is represented by which ICD-10-CM code?


A) G21.2
B) G21.4
C) G21.40
D) G21.9

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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