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51 . The emergency room discharge diagnosis for this outpatient encounter is "rule out myocardial infarction." The coder would assign A. a code for a myocardial infarction. B. a code for the patient's symptoms. C. a code for an impending myocardial infarction. D. no code for this condition. - An...

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51 . The emergency room discharge diagnosis for this outpatient encounter is "rule out
myocardial infarction." The coder would assign A. a code for a myocardial infarction. B. a
code for the patient's symptoms. C. a code for an impending myocardial infarction. D.
no code for this condition. - Answer B


52. The _______________ are the organizations that contract with Medicare to perform
reviews of medical records with the corresponding Medicare claims to detect and
correct improper payments. A. Atlas Systems B. medical outcomes study C. recovery
audit contractors (RACs) D. adjusted clinical groups (ACGs) system - Answer C


53. _______________________ is a defect characterized by four anatomical
abnormalities within the heart that results in poorly oxygenated blood being pumped to
the body. A. Atrial septal defect C. Tetralogy of Fallot B. Patent ductus arteriosus D.
Coarctation of the aorta - Answer C


54 . Urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, incontinence, and hesitancy are all symptoms
of A. BPH. C. salpingitis. B. end-stage kidney disease. D. genital prolapse. - Answer A


55. Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome, and Patau syndrome are all examples of
_________ defects. A. musculoskeletal C. genitourinary tract B. chromosomal D.
digestive system - Answer B


56. The type of anemia caused by a failure of the bone marrow to produce red blood
cells is A. acute blood-loss anemia. C. iron-deficiency anemia. B. sickle cell anemia. D.
aplastic anemia. - Answer D

, 57. Which of the following procedures can be identified as "destruction" of lesions in
CPT coding? A. removal of skin tags C. laser removal of condylomata B. shaving of skin
lesion D. paring of hyperkeratotic lesion - Answer C


58. The chargemaster relieves the coders from coding repetitive services that require
little, if any, formal documentation analysis. This is called A. grouping. C. soft coding. B.
hard coding. D. mapping. - Answer B


59. A patient has a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. The
coder selected the following CPT codes: 58150, 58700, 58700. This type of coding is
referred to as A. upcoding. C. maximizing. B. unbundling. D. optimization. - Answer B


60. The APC payment system is based on what coding system(s)? A. AMA's CPT codes B.
CPT and ICD-10-CM diagnosis and procedure codes C. ICD-10-CM diagnosis and
procedure codes D. CPT/HCPCS codes - Answer D


61. When is it appropriate to use category Z85, history of malignant neoplasm? A.
Primary malignancy recurred at original site and adjunct chemotherapy is directed at
the site. B. Primary malignancy has been eradicated and no adjunct treatment is being
given at this time. C. Primary malignancy eradicated and the patient is admitted for
adjunct chemotherapy to primary site. D. Primary malignancy is eradicated; adjunct
treatment is refused by patient even though there is some remaining malignancy. -
Answer B


66. The diagnosis reads "first-, second-, and third-degree burns of the right arm." You
would code A. the first degree only. C. the third degree only. B. the second degree only.
D. each degree of burn separately - Answer C


68. Codes from category O36, known or suspected fetal abnormality affecting the
mother, should A. be assigned if the fetal conditions are documented. B. be assigned at
the discretion of the physician. C. be assigned when they affect the management of the
mother. D. never be assigned. - Answer C

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