ICD-9-CM and CPT/HCPCS are used to:

a) provide data in order to understand, standardize, and improve health care

b) improve medical outcomes

c) improve patient services at a reduced cost to the consumer

d) all of the above

e) all but c

What influences the amount paid under the MS-DRG system?

a) principal diagnosis

b) complications

c) comorbidities

d) necessity of operating room procedures

e) age of patient

f) sex of patient

g) discharge status

h) all of the above

i) all but e and f

j) all but f

$3492.68

0.7095 X 4,922.73 = 3492.68 (rounded figure)

Huffman's basic rules of an effective coding classifications system are:

a) hospitals get the most money possible for a treatment

b) single classification principle

c) multiple classification principle

d) categories are exhaustive

e) categories are mutually exclusive

False

A coder should always check the tabular section and verify it is the correct code

Label (a) nonessential modifier  (b) main term  (c) subterm

  (d) connecting words

[1] Anxiety  [2] (neurosis) (reaction) (state)  300.00

[3]--  alcohol-induced  291.89

                !    depression    300.4                  

--  hysteria  300.20      

[4] in                

                              acute stress reaction 308.0

                     panic type  300.01

What three tables are available in the Alphabetic Index to Diseases that provide coders with easy access to related conditions associated with three main diseases?