Critical ICD-10 Concepts for the Emergency Medicine Coder – Part 6 This webinar is AAPC-approved for 1 CEU and/or CEDC specialty credits provided you score a 70% or higher on the post test. Test takers should read all test instructions, and complete the Required Information fields at the top of the test. This test consists of 10 questions. Please select one best answer for each test question by clicking on the square next to the answer you have selected. This test is not timed; however, the test must be taken in one sitting. When all 10 questions have been answered, please click on the Submit Test button. Your score, as well as logic-reach reasoning for answers to any test questions that you missed, will be displayed immediately following completion and successful transmission of this test. For technical support for your Emergency Medicine Coding and Reimbursement Webinar Library subscription please call or email: Cari Laplace Webinar Technical Support Administrator BSA Healthcare Phone: 1-561-434-4740 Email: claplace@bsanda.com NameCompany NameEmailTrue or False: A coder should NOT code signs and symptoms when a provider has not documented a definitive diagnosis. True FalseWhich of the following should always be added to Glasgow Coma Scale codes to indicate when the scale took place: Code R40.24 A seventh character The number 2 Nothing should ever be added to a Coma Scale codeThe Glasgow Coma Scale consists of three components that earn a total score between: 0 and 2 1 and 2 3 and 15 15 and 20Code R99 should only be used when: When a patient expires following arrival at the ED. When a patient expires following an order for inpatient admission. For discharge disposition of death. A patient is pronounced dead on arrival.True or False: There are two pleura, one against the chest wall and one that is attached to the surface of the lungs. True FalseHepatomegaly is: Enlargement of the liver. Enlargement of the spleen. Enlargement of the liver and spleen. Enlargement of the ureterovesical junction.Ascites, the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, causing abdominal swelling, can be caused by: Cirrhosis Diarrhea Metastatic lesions to the liver. A & C.If an ED patient is diagnosed with a stroke, a coder should code which of the following first: The NIHSS score. The type of cerebral infarction. The cause of the stroke. Altered mental status.When coding Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) of a non-infectious organism (R65.10), coders should: Never use an additional code with the SIRS code. For claims of the newborn(s), not the mother. Always supersede the SIRS code with another code. Use an additional code to identify the specific acute organ dysfunction (e.g., acute kidney failure (N17.-) or acute respiratory failure (J96.0-).When coding severe sepsis (R65.2), coders should: Code the underlying infection first, and then use an additional code to identify the specific acute organ dysfunction (e.g., acute kidney failure (N17.0-) or acute respiratory failure J96.0-). Code the underlying infection second and an additional code to identify the specific acute organ dysfunction (e.g., acute kidney failure (N17.0-) or acute respiratory failure J96.0-) first. Code the underlying infection only. Code the specific acute organ dysfunction only.
