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6. Which section of the ICD-10-CM manual is an alpha-numerically sequenced list of all diagnosis codes, divided into 21 chapters based on cause and body system? a. Index to Diseases and Injuries b. Index to External Causes c. Tabular List d. Table of Neoplasms e. Table of Drugs and Chemicals 7. Which of the following is a combination code? E10.339 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema L02.211 Cutaneous abscess of abdominal wall J01.90 Acute sinusitis, unspecified K5S Vascular disorder of intestine B95.61 Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere a. b. c. d. e. 8. Main Terms in the Index may be any of the following EXCEPT a. condition. b. eponym. c. abbreviation. d. adjective e. anatomic site. 9. What is the maximum length of an ICD-10-CM code? a. b. 5 C. d. 7 10 What should medical assistants do when they are unsure of how to select a code for a particular situation? ask the physician search the Internet ask a certified coder assign a generic code use the placeholder character a. b. c. d. e.

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9. QUESTION -  ANSWER

d. 7

The maximum length of an ICD-10-CM code is 7

REASON : ICD-10-CM is defined as (International Classification Of Diseases-10- Clinical Modification) a system process used by the doctors, and all health care providers to classify codes which are used in hospital care settings in United States.

10. QUESTION - ANSWER

a. ask the physician

REASON : If the medical assistants are not sure in selecting how to use a code in a particular situation, don't go for further proceedings as it causes medical errors which harms the patient, Hence taking physicians advice to confirm codes is better than creating mistakes.