Question 1
In ICD-10-CM, what is the principal diagnosis for an inpatient admission?
Correct Answer:
The condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission
Question 2
A patient is admitted with chest pain. After workup, the physician documents the diagnosis as acute STEMI of the left anterior descending artery. Which ICD-10-CM code is the principal diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
I21.02 — ST elevation myocardial infarction involving left anterior descending coronary artery
Question 3
What does the 7th character in an ICD-10-CM injury code represent?
Correct Answer:
The type of encounter (initial, subsequent, or sequela)
Question 4
Which ICD-10-CM guideline applies when two or more diagnoses equally meet the definition of principal diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Either condition may be sequenced first as the principal diagnosis
Question 5
A patient is admitted for chemotherapy and also has metastatic liver cancer from a primary colon malignancy. What is the principal diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Z51.11 — Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy
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