CCDM Medical Coding 4

Question 1

Which of the following correctly describes the MedDRA Preferred Term (PT)?

Accepted Answer

A distinct descriptor for a symptom, sign, disease, or other medical concept

Answer

A PT is a medically precise descriptor representing a single medical concept used as the primary analysis unit in MedDRA coding.

Question 2

When coding a concomitant medication in a clinical trial, the coder should use which drug dictionary?

Accepted Answer

WHO Drug Dictionary (WHO-DD)

Answer

The WHO Drug Dictionary (WHO-DD) is the international standard used to code concomitant and study medications in clinical trials.

Question 3

In ICD-10-CM, the placeholder character 'X' is used to:

Accepted Answer

Allow for future expansion and maintain the required code length

Answer

The placeholder 'X' fills character positions in a code to maintain the required structure when a specific character is not applicable.

Question 4

A clinical trial protocol requires coding all adverse events using MedDRA version 25.0. Midway through the trial, MedDRA version 26.0 is released. What is the appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Continue with v25.0 until the study ends unless a version upgrade is formally approved

Answer

Unless a formal version upgrade plan is approved and implemented across the entire dataset, the study should continue with the version specified in the protocol.

Question 5

Which CPT modifier indicates that a procedure was performed by two surgeons due to the complexity of the case?

Accepted Answer

-62

Answer

CPT modifier -62 indicates that two surgeons worked together as co-surgeons during a single procedure, each reporting the same code with -62 appended.

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CCDM Medical Coding 4