ICD-9-CM Coding UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A patient is admitted with a left ankle fracture. The patient also has AIDS with Kaposi's
sarcoma of the skin. he has a closed reduction with internal fixation of the ankle fracture.
A. 042, 176.0, 824.8, 79.16
B. 824.8, 176.0, V08, 79.16
C. 176.1, 824.8, V08, 79.16
D. 824.8, 042, 176.0, 79.16 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. 824.8, 042, 176.0, 79.16
A patient was admitted with septicemia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The patient also was admitted with the septic shock and decubitus ulcer of the sacrum. She
had a central line inserted and infusion of drotrecogin alfa.
A. 038.19, 785.59, 707.02, 38.91
B. 038.12, 707.03, 995.92, 785.52, 707.20, 38.93, 00.11
C. 707.00, 038.11, 785.59, 38.93, 00.11
D. 038.11, 785.59, 995.92, 38.93 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. 038.12, 707.03, 995.92,
785.52, 707.20, 38.93, 00.11
A patient was diagnosed with nephropathy due to tuberculosis (confirmed histologically) of
the kidney. he had a right nephrectomy performed.
A. 016.05, 583.81, 55.51
B. 583.81, 016.06, 55.52
C. 016.02, 583.81, 55.51
D. 016.02, 583.81, 55.52 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. 016.05, 583.81, 55.51
A patient is admitted with fever and severe headache. The diagnostic workup revealed viral
meningitis. She also has asthma with acute exacerbation and hypertension, both of which are
treated.
,A. 047.9, 780.60, 784.0, 493.90, 401.9
B. 047.8, 493.92, 401.1
C. 047.9, 493.92, 401.9
D. 780.60, 784.0, 047.9, 493.90, 401.9 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. 047.9, 493.92, 401.9
Nurse Jones suffers a needlestick and presents for HIV testing. She sees er physician for the
test results and counseling.
A. V72.60, 795.71
B. 795.71, V65.8
C. V08, V72.60, V65.44
D. V73.89, V65.44, V01.79 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. V73.89, V65.44, V01.79
A patient presents with right arm paralysis due to poliomyelitis that the patient suffered from
as a child
A. 045.11, 342.81
B. 138, 344.41
C. 344.40, 138
D. 138, 344.41 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. 344.40, 138
A patient is admitted for chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer with liver metastasis.
She had a mastectomy 4 months ago. Chemotherapy is given today
A. 197.7, V10.3, 99.25
B. 174.9, 197.7, 99.25
C. V58.11, V10.3, 197.7, 99.25
D. V58.11, 174.9, V45.71, 197.7, 99.25 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. V58.11, 174.9,
V45.71, 197.7, 99.25
A patient with a history of malignant neoplasm of the lung is admitted with seizures. The
workup revealed metastasis of the lung cancer to the brain
,A. 780.39, V10.11, 198.3
B. 162.9, V10.11, 198.3, 780.39
C. 198.3, 780.39, V10.11
D. 198.3, 780.39, 162.9 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. 198.3, 780.39, V10.11
A patient is admitted to the hospital for treatment of dehydration following chemotherapy as
treatment for ovarian cancer
A. 276.51, 183.0
B. 183.0, 276.51, 99.25
C. 276.50, 183.0, 99.25
D. 183.0, 276.51 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. 276.51, 183.0
A patient has malignant melanoma of the skin of the back. She undergoes a radical excision
of the melanoma of the full-thickness skin graft
A. 173.5, 86.4, 86.63
B. 172.5, 86.4, 86.63
C. 173.5, 86.3, 86.63
D. 172.5, 86.3, 86.63 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. 172.5, 86.4, 86.63
A patient is admitted with abdominal pain. The needle biopsy of the liver reveals secondary
malignancy of the liver. The patient has a exploratory laparotomy to determine he primary
site. the primary site is unknown at the time of discharge
A. 197.7, 199.1, 54.11, 50.12
B. 197.7, 789.00, 54.11, 50.11
C. 197.7, 199.1, 54.11, 50.11
D. 197.7, 199.1, 789.00, 54.11, 50.12 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C. 197.7, 199.1, 54.11,
50.11
, A patient with a history of cancer of the colon and status post-colostomy is admitted for
closure of the colostomy. The patient is also being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease and diastolic heart failure. He has a takedown of the colostomy.
A. 153.2, 496, 428.30, 46.52
B. V55.3, 496, V10.05, 428.30, 46.52
C. V55.3, 496, V10.05, 428.0, 46.52, 45.79
D. V10.05, 492.8, 428.30, 46.52 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B. V55.3, 496, V10.05, 428.30,
46.52
A female, 68 years old, was admitted with type 2 diabetes mellitus with a diabetic ulcer of the
left heel. The patient was taken to the operating room from excisional debridement of the
ulcer
A. 250.80, 707.14, 86.22
B. 707.14, 250.80, 86.22
C. 250.81, 707.13, 86.22
D. 250.82, 707.14, 86.28 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A. 250.80, 707.14, 86.22
A 67-year-old man is admitted with acute dehydration secondary to nausea and vomiting that
is due to acute gastroenteritis. He is treated for dehydration. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy
is preformed.
A. 558.9, 787.01, 276.51, 45.13
B. 558.9, 787.01, 276.51, 45.16
C. 276.51, 787.01, 558.9, 45.13
D. 276.51, 558.9, 45.13 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔D. 276.51, 558.9, 45.13
A patient was found at home in a hypoglycemic coma. This patient had never been diagnosed
as a diabetic.
A. 250.30
B. 251.0
