CAC CAC ICD-10 Diagnosis Coding for Ambulance Services 3

Question 1

When a patient is transported for seizures, which ICD-10-CM code is assigned for an unspecified convulsion?

Accepted Answer

R56.9

Answer

G40.909

Answer

G40.309

Answer

R55

Question 2

Which ICD-10-CM code is used to document sepsis as the reason for emergency ambulance transport?

Accepted Answer

A41.9

Answer

R65.20

Answer

R65.21

Answer

B99.9

Question 3

A trauma patient has both a femur fracture and a head injury. Which ICD-10-CM guideline applies to sequencing?

Accepted Answer

Code the most severe injury first

Answer

Code the fracture first always

Answer

Code the head injury first always

Answer

Code in anatomical order

Question 4

Which ICD-10-CM Z-code is used when an ambulance transports a patient for a scheduled interfacility transfer with no acute condition?

Accepted Answer

Z76.89

Answer

Z75.1

Answer

Z74.09

Answer

Z51.89

Question 5

When a patient is transported after a syncopal episode with no identified cause, which ICD-10-CM code applies?

Accepted Answer

R55

Answer

G90.3

Answer

I67.9

Answer

R41.3

Question 6

Which ICD-10-CM code chapter provides codes for social determinants of health that may be relevant to ambulance transport documentation?

Accepted Answer

Chapter 21 – Z-codes

Answer

Chapter 18 – Symptoms

Answer

Chapter 22 – U-codes

Answer

Chapter 20 – External causes