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Question 61

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The term malignant in relation to blood pressure means

A) tumor forming.
B) cancer.
C) uncertain behavior.
D) life-threatening.

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

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Coding from an out-of-date diagnostic codebook can delay payment, result in denied claims, or cause costly mistakes that can lead to financial disaster.

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B) False

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External cause codes are used

Provide the appropriate ICD-10-CM code for eczematous dermatitis.

HIV can only be reported if it is documented and confirmed by a pathology report.

Asymptomatic HIV infection status is reported as

When coding for outpatient surgery, if the postoperative diagnosis is different from the preoperative diagnosis, select the ____________ as the first listed diagnosis.

The abbreviation NOS indicates that the information in the medical record was insufficient to assign a more specific code.

A working knowledge of _______________ and a course in anatomy and physiology are essential to becoming a top-notch coder of diagnoses.

A patient is seen in the emergency department with arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease with congestive heart failure. List the ICD-10-CM code(s) required for these two conditions.

Diagnostic codes on an insurance claim explain

The proficient coder begins the coding process in ICD-10-CM Volume 1.

Never code using just one volume of the diagnostic code books.

In ICD-10-CM, a placeholder for future code expansion is shown as

ICD-10 was adopted and approved for use nationally by private insurance carriers as of January 2014.