1. The physical presence or existence of a condition that can beobserved by the physician is a/an
A. lesion. C. injury.
B. sign. D. symptom.
2. One of the reasons E codes are used is to indicate which of thefollowing?
A. Specific disease processes C. Myocardial infarctions
B. Birth details D. Where an accident occurred
3. Which of the following best describes late effects?
A. Residual effects that remain after the acute phase of an injuryor illness
B. Effects that are always coded alone
C. Effects categorized according to the nature and time of thedisease, condition, or injury
D. E codes that describe where the injury, illness, or conditionoccurred
4. When two or more diagnoses equally meet the criteria forprincipal diagnosis, what action
should the coder take?
A. Code both diagnoses with either of the diagnoses sequencedfirst.
B. Code both of the diagnoses, sequencing the codes based on whichdiagnosis the physician
listed first on the discharge sheet.
C. Code only the diagnosis most closely related to thetreatment.
D. Code only the diagnosis that’s the most resource-intensive.
5. In an acute care hospital, when is it appropriate to assign acode such as 794.31—nonspecific
abnormal electrocardiogram?
A. When the laboratory or testing report shows that the abnormalfinding meets Uniform
Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) criteria
B. When the physician has documented the abnormal finding in theProgress Notes
C. When the physician hasn’t been able to arrive at a diagnosis,and the condition meets the
guidelines for that particular code
D. It’s never appropriate to assign codes of this type for an acutecare setting.
6. Which of the following would not be a valid principaldiagnosis?
A. 873.42 C. 496
B. E880.9 D. V25.12
7. Which of the following codes fall under the category ofproviding codes for reporting factors
influencing health status and health service?
A. V67.4 C. 47.09
B. E884.2 D. A4510
8. Unknown causes of morbidity or mortality should be coded onlywhen
A. the physician documents them on laboratory reports.
B. a more definitive diagnosis isn’t available.
C. reporting acute care hospital codes.
D. they meet UHDDS guidelines.
9. Which of the following scenarios could be classified within coderanges 960–979?
A. Patient has lethargy for unintentionally taking too much of herprescribed sleeping pill.
B. Patient had an allergic reaction to her normal dose ofantihistamine.
C. Patient experienced lightheadedness due to the interaction oftwo drugs prescribed by her
family doctor.
D. Patient is experiencing increased heart rate due to daily doseof Valium that has been
taken as prescribed.
10. A patient was admitted to the hospital with a deep burn to thedermis of the arm. For coding
purposes, you would classify this condition as
A. a first-degree burn.
B. a second-degree burn.
C. a third-degree burn.
D. undeterminable until the physician clarified with moreinformation.
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