The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) ensures that the...

1. The Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) ensures that the occurrences of the patient encounter are documented accurately, and the record properly reflects the services that were provided.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 37

1. The first step in ICD-10-CM coding is to determine the Root Operation.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 38

1. Coding professionals are expected to use current and/or appropriate resource tools (appropriate ICD-10 and CPT Code Books, updated encoder software, current Official Coding Guidelines, etc.).

 True

 False

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QUESTION 39

1. All letters in the alphabet are used in ICD-10-CM codes, with the exception of the letter Z.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 40

1. ICD-10-CM is used for diagnosis coding for Inpatients and Outpatients.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 41

1. Modifiers are two-digit extensions to the primary CPT code and can be alphabetic, alphanumeric, or numeric.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 42

1. In ICD-10-PCS coding, inspection of a body part(s) performed in order to achieve the objective of a procedure is coded separately.

 True

 False

1 points  

QUESTION 43

1. The ICD-10-PCS system is used for coding procedures(s) for both inpatients and outpatients with a unique set of codes and specific coding guidelines.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 44

1. Identify the ICD-10-PCS code for "Excisional biopsy of the ascending colon via colonoscopy."

a)   0DBKFZX

b)   0DBK8ZX

c)   0DBK8ZZ

d)   0DTK8ZZ

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QUESTION 45

1. In ICD-10-PCS, biopsy procedures are coded using the root operations:

a)   Excision, Extirpation and Drainage

b)   Extraction, Destruction and Drainage

c)   Excision, Extraction and Drainage

d)   Excision, Extraction and Destruction

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QUESTION 46

1. A clean claim is a bill that is free of errors and omissions.

 True

 False

1 points  

QUESTION 47

1. Refusal by the payer to pay a claim due to non-covered services, lack of medical necessity, unbundling and other reasons per payer criteria is called:

a)      

c)   Rejection

d)     

f)    Advance Beneficiary Notice

g)      

i)    Denial

j)       

l)    Claim Scrubbing

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QUESTION 48

1. The coder is required to use both the Alphabetic Index and the Tabular List when determining an ICD-10-CM code.

 True

 False