Ancillary Diagnostic Coding Test - Health …

1 Ancillary Diagnostic Coding TEST Read the case examples below and select the MOST appropriate code assignment and sequencing by circling your answer. This is Diagnostic Coding only and no assignment for the procedures is required for this test. 1) The patient presents to the hospital radiology department for a chest xray. The order and diagnosis provided to the facility for the test is cough, rule out pneumonia. Please select the most appropriate answer. A) 486, , B) C) 2) The physician sends his patient to the hospital for an A1C blood test. The diagnosis provided by the physician is Congestive heart failure and diabetes. Select the correct answer/sequencing based on the information provided. A) B) , C) , 3) The patient is sent by his physician to the x-ray department for a chest x-ray with a chief complaint of cough, rule out pneumonia.

2 The x-ray confirms the diagnosis of pneumonia. Select the correct diagnosis/sequencing most appropriate for this scenario. A) , 486 B) , 486 C) 486 4) Patient presents to the lab and x-ray department with an order and diagnosis from her physician for a complete blood count (CBC) and CAT scan of the head. The diagnosis provided on the physician order is weakness, fatigue, and headache. Assign the correct codes/sequencing for this case example. A) , B) C) , _____ Health Information Partners, Copyright Protected 10/11/2007 - Do Not Reproduce - Page 1 5) The patient is sent to the respiratory therapy department for a pulmonary function test. The diagnosis provided by the physician is shortness of breath, rule out chronic obstructive disease. Select the correct answer. A) , 496 B) 496, C) 6) Patient presents to the facility lab for a CBC, protime, and urinalysis.

3 The only diagnosis given by the provider is pre-operative lab work. Surgery scheduled for following week. What is your code assignment based on the provided information? A) B) C) 7) Diagnosis not provided by the ordering physician for this Medicare patient. However, patient presents to the radiology department and registers for an abdominal ultrasound as ordered by the physician. The patient provided the hospital with a chief complaint of severe chronic abdominal pain. Select the most appropriate answer based on information provided. A) Facility refused to perform examination B) C) 8) You present to the hospital for chest x-ray, CBC, pulmonary function testing, and x-ray of the knee. Diagnoses provided by physician are left knee pain, respiratory insufficiency, rule out cancer of the lung, and severe fatigue.

4 Select the most appropriate answer. A) , , , B) , C) , 9) The physician orders abdominal x-ray for chief complaint of right lower abdominal pain. Select the most appropriate answer based on information provided. A) B) C) _____ Health Information Partners, Copyright Protected 10/11/2007 - Do Not Reproduce - Page 2 10) A Medicare patient presents to the Women s center for a screening mammogram. The patient referred herself and does not have an order from a physician. Select the best answer. A) B) C) _____ Health Information Partners, Copyright Protected 10/11/2007 - Do Not Reproduce - Page 3