RHIT Exam Ch. 5 Questions And 100% Correct
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ICD-10-PCS utilizes the third character of the Medical and Surgical section to identify
the "root operation." The title of the root operation that describes "cutting out or off,
without replacing a portion of a body part" is
A. excision.
B. extirpation.
C. destruction.
D. removal. - ANSWER A
CPT provides Level I modifiers that describe all of the following situations EXCEPT
A. when a patient sees a surgeon for follow-up care after surgery.
B. when a service or procedure is partially reduced or eliminated at the physician's
discretion.
C. when one surgeon provides only postoperative services.
D. when the same laboratory test is repeated multiple times on the same day. - ANSWER
A
, When coding neoplasms, topography means
A. site.
B. variation from normal tissue.
C. cell structure and form.
D. extent of the spread of the disease. - ANSWER A
The Cancer Committee at your hospital requests a list of all patients entered into your
cancer registry in the last year. This information would be obtained by checking the
A. tickler file.
B. disease index.
C. suspense file.
D. accession register. - ANSWER D
An encoder that requires the coder to answer a series of questions and choices based
upon the documentation in the medical record is called a(n)
A. grouper.
B. automatic code assignment.
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