MEDICAL QUIZ

MEDICAL RECORDS CODING - BASIC CONCEPTS

1. The ICD-9-CM is used in the following coding situations:

a. hospital inpatient coding for diagnoses and procedures

b. hospital emergency room coding for diagnoses, but not for procedures

c. Physician coding for diagnoses, but not for procedures

d. All of the above

2. The ICD-9-CM is comprised of:

a. Three volumes, the Index to Diseases, the Disease Tabular, and the Procedural Index and Tabular

b. Two volumes, the Disease Tabular and the Procedural Tabular

c. One volume, the Index to Diseases

d. None of the above

3. Within the Index to Diseases, the following table(s) can be found:

a. The Neoplasm table

b. The Hypertension table

c. The Table of Drugs and Chemicals

d. All of the above

4. The Table of Drugs and Chemicals would be used to look up:

a. An E code (external cause of injury) identifying a drug associated with an admission or condition

b. A V code

c. A code to indicate the agent involved in a poisoning

d. Both a and c

5. E codes can also be found by referencing the:

a. Index to procedures

b. Procedural tabular

c. Index to External Causes

d. None of the above

6. V codes can be defined as:

a. Codes to indicate a poisoning has occurred

b. Supplementary classification codes of factors influencing health status and contact with health services

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

7. The ICD-9-CM Procedural Index and Procedural Tabular is used to code:

a. Inpatient hospital admissions

b. Outpatient hospital admissions

c. Physician encounters

d. Home medical equipment

8. When determining the correct code in ICD-9-CM, look up the code in the index, and then:

a. You can stop there if the code looks correct

b. If you’re not sure if the code is correct, then go to the tabular to confirm the code

c. You must always confirm the code in the tabular section

d. Do what you feel is correct depending on your experience

9. CPT means:

a. Current Procedural Terminology

b. Current Physician Terminology

c. Crisis Physician Team

d. None of the above

10. CPT codes are used to report:

a. Hospital inpatient services

b. Hospital outpatient procedures

c. Physician office visits and procedures

d. Both b and c

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