The Medical Assistant Study Set 2

Babies are considered newborn or perinatal for the first ______ days.

Burns are coded by

Medical assistants have the trust of the physician and practice that employs them. A medical assistant must

Which volume(s) of ICD-9-CM is/are used for diagnostic coding?

Which of the following letters in the ICD-10-CM is reserved by the World Health Organization to assign new diseases with uncertain etiology?

How are subterms treated in the alphabetic index to diseases and injury?

When a Code First Note is present and the patient has an underlying condition, the underlying condition should be sequenced first. Wherever such a combination exists, a Use Additional Code Note is found with the etiology code, and a Code First Note is found with the manifestation code.

Which of the following instructions in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another main term may reference additional useful index entries?

Which of the following ICD-10-CM sections includes guidelines for reporting additional diagnoses in non-outpatient settings?

Which of the following is the second most common medical document from which diagnostic statements can be extracted?

All conditions that occur during or following medical care or surgery are classified as complications. There must be a cause-and-effect relationship between the care provided and the condition, and an indication in the documentation that it is a complication.

The code HIV indicates which of the following?

Which of the following terms defines a malignant neoplasm site as the absence of invasion of surrounding tissues?

Which of the following codes will be used for a patient with a history of myocardial infarction with no symptoms but diagnosed by means of an electrocardiogram?

Which of the following terms applies to the period from the last month of pregnancy to 5 months after giving birth?

A code from category Z37 should be included on

When coding for drug toxicity, which of the following refers to a condition when a patient takes less of a medication than is prescribed by his or her provider or by the manufacturer's instructions?

The cause of a disorder is its __________.

The signs and symptoms of a disease are its __________.

The abbreviation that is the equivalent of "unspecified" is __________.