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LTC Chapter 2 Set 2
Learning to Code, 9th Revision, Thomas J Falen Coding Conventions, Rules, and Guidelines
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12/12/2010

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Term
b
Definition

What type of code is 427.9:

a) NEC

b) NOS

Term
see condition
Definition
When you look up Nerve in the Alphabetic Index, what does it say?
Term
Reaction, depressive
Definition
When you look up Depressive reaction, looking under depressive first, what other term does the cross-reference also direct you to look at?
Term
39.61; 00.16
Definition
Look up Bypass anastomosis for heart revascularization in the Tabular List of Diseases.  What two other codes are you supposed to use with this one?
Term
No
Definition
When doing an exploratory laparotomy, do you also code exploration incidental to intra abdominal surgery? (Look in Tabular List of Diseases)
Term

No

 

This code is only found in ICD-9-CM, which was modified from ICD-9 to reflect diseases found in the U.S.A.

Definition
Would code 369.4 be found in ICD-9?
Term
d
Definition

The UHDDS was developed by:

a) WHO

b) American Hospital Association

c) CMS

d) Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Term
a
Definition

UHDDS was founded in:

a) 1974

b) 1996

c) 1992

d) 1999

Term
b
Definition

The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is now known as:

a) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

b) Department of Health and Human Services

c) American Medical Association

d) Department of Children and Families

Term

UHDDS

 

Definition
represents a federally mandated minimum data set for health-care providers to report data on each Medicare and Medicaid inpatient discharge from an acute care hospital
Term
e
Definition

The purpose of UHDDS is to:

a) define a set of rules and definitions for data collection from hospitals

b) promote uniformity and comparability of data

c) collect data on the diseases affecting the U.S.A

d) all of the above

e) all but c

f) all but b

Term
True
Definition
T or F: The UHDDS allows for the evaluation and planning of health-care initiatives for the United States to improve the effectiveness of patient care and the cost of that care.
Term
acute myocardial infarction
Definition
What is the principal diagnosis?  A patient is admitted to the hospital for severe chest pain.  They are diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction.
Term
f
Definition

What would be secondary diagnoses?

a) conditions that coexist at time of admission

b) conditions that develop after admission

c) conditions that affect treatment or length of stay

d) diagnoses that relate to an earlier episode of care, even though they have no bearing on current hospital stay

e) all of the above

f) all but d

Term
d
Definition

Which of the following would be a secondary diagnoses?

a) hypertension

b) blindness

c) status post hip replacement (patient still needs requires assistance for ambulation)

d) all of the above

e) all but b

f) all but c

Term
g
Definition

Significant procedures that must be reported under the UHDDS are:

a) surgical in nature

b) carry a procedural risk

c) carry an anesthetic risk

d) require specialized personnel

e) surgical in nature, excluding elective or superficial surgery

f) all but a

g) all but e

Term
d
Definition

Which of the following defines a principal procedure?

a) procedure performed for definitive treatment

b) procedure performed for diagnostic or exploratory purposes

c) procedure performed to resolve a complication

d) all of the above

e) all but b

Term
operation
Definition
Which is sequenced first as a principal procedure:  an operation or a diagnostic procedure?
Term
c
Definition

There are two major procedures.  Which one should be listed as the principal procedure?

a) both can be principal procedures

b) you code the more invasive procedure

c) the procedure that is most related to the principal diagnosis

Term
mastectomy
Definition
Which is the principal procedure?  A patient has a breast biopsy followed by a modified radical mastectomy.
Term
c
Definition

UHDDS are submitted electronically, which is a requirement under the:

a) DHHS

b) AHIMA

c) HIPAA

d) CMS

Term
CMS 1450
Definition
What is the UB-04 also known as?
Term
250.40 [583.81]
Definition

CODE:

 

Diabetic nephropathy

Term
117.3 [484.6]
Definition

CODE

 

Aspergillosis pneumonia

Term
Mandatory dual coding
Definition
classification requires two codes to express the disease or condition
Term
combination codes
Definition
used in ICD-9-CM when a single code can express more than one interrelated disease process
Term
Klebsiella pneumonia 482.0; Staphylococcal enteritis 008.41
Definition

CODE

 

Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcal enteritis

Term
additional codes
Definition
used in situations where mandatory coding or combination codes are not provided, and yet more than one code is needed to express the patient's complete condition
Term
599.0 [041.4]
Definition

CODE

 

E coli urinary tract infection

Term
997.39 [518.0]
Definition

CODE

 

Postoperative atelectasis

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