AAPC CPC CHAPTER 3 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ICD-10-CM code for Personal History of Alcohol Dependence - CORRECT ANSWER
f10.21 (Alcohol dependence, in remission)
ICD-10-CM code for Suicide Attempt using Absinthe - CORRECT ANSWER T51.0X2
(Toxic effect of ethanol, intentional self-harm)
True or false: External Cause of Injury codes are acceptable to be used as primary Dx
code, and/or singularly. - CORRECT ANSWER False (Never primary, and always
follow another code)
NOS stands for:
A) No Other Symptoms
B) Not Otherwise Specified
C) Never Operated Surgery
D) New Operating System - CORRECT ANSWER B (Same as 'unspecified')
Punctuation used to include supplemental information about a diagnosis code, but does
not effect code assignment:
A) Semicolon
B) Quotation marks
C) Parenthesis
D) Asterisk - CORRECT ANSWER C
,AAPC CPC CHAPTER 3 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What does the reference I.C.7.a.2 refer you to in the ICD-10-cm guidelines?:
A) Glaucoma: bilateral glaucoma with same type and stage
B) Diabetes: overdose of insulin due to insulin pump failure
C) Etiology/manifestation convention
D) HIV: whether the patient is newly diagnosed - CORRECT ANSWER A
The ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code defines the site, etiology, manifestation, or
state of the disease/condition:
A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 6th
D) 7th - CORRECT ANSWER B (Example: E11.6 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with
diabetic arthropathy)
The ____th or ____th character in the ICD-10-cm code represents the most accurate
level of specificity regarding the condition:
A) 4th or 5th
B) 6th or 7th
C) 5th or 6th
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER C (Example: E11.610 - Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus with diabetic nephropathic arthropathy)
, AAPC CPC CHAPTER 3 2024-2025 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
True or false: Some categories of ICD-10-cm codes require an applicable 7th character -
CORRECT ANSWER True (When a base code includes a "-" at the end, it is indicating
that more characters will be required to complete the code)
ICD-10-CM code for Diaper Rash - CORRECT ANSWER L22
ICD-10-CM code for Close right forearm fracture (traumatic), initial encounter -
CORRECT ANSWER S52.91XA
ICD-10-CM code for Nausea with Vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER R11.2
ICD-10-CM code for Postsurgical Hypothyroidism - CORRECT ANSWER E89.0
ICD-10-CM code for Diabetes Mellitus, Type II - CORRECT ANSWER E11.9 (without
complications, as none are specified in the description of the diagnosis)
ICD-10-CM code for Abdominal Pain in Right Lower Quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER
R10.31
ICD-10-CM code for Urinary Tract Infection - CORRECT ANSWER N39.0
A 10 month-old comes into the pediatrician's office for a harsh, bark-like cough. She is
diagnosed with croup. The mother also wants the pediatrician to look at a rash that has
developed on her leg. The pediatrician prescribes over the counter medication of
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