RHIA Clinical Classification Systems and Coding

Question 1

In ICD-10-CM, what is the maximum number of characters a code can have?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

5

Answer

6

Answer

8

Question 2

Which coding guideline requires that the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission is sequenced first?

Accepted Answer

Principal diagnosis definition

Answer

Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set rule

Answer

Present on Admission rule

Answer

Complication sequencing rule

Question 3

CPT codes are organized into how many main sections (categories)?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

7

Question 4

HCPCS Level II codes are used primarily to report what type of services?

Accepted Answer

Supplies, equipment, and non-physician services not in CPT

Answer

Physician procedures covered by CPT

Answer

Inpatient hospital diagnoses

Answer

Pharmacy dispensing fees only

Question 5

The MS-DRG system is used to classify inpatient cases primarily for which payer?

Accepted Answer

Medicare

Answer

Medicaid

Answer

Commercial insurance

Answer

TRICARE

Question 6

In ICD-10-CM, the instruction 'Code first' is used to indicate what type of coding sequence?

Accepted Answer

An underlying condition must be coded before the manifestation

Answer

The condition should always be sequenced as principal diagnosis

Answer

The code requires an additional external cause code

Answer

The code is used only for outpatient reporting

Question 7

Which ICD-10-CM convention indicates that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition?

Accepted Answer

Use additional code

Answer

Excludes1

Answer

Code also

Answer

Includes note