Migrating from ICD-9 to ICD-10: Catching up with the rest of the world Assessment

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1 point

If a treating provider provides a partial diagnosis or surgical description, the best way to acquire the correct code is the following.

ask a nurse

to to the MDG and use the "ICD Mapping" link

type in the description into my claim system, ie: V4 or 360

call the providers office and acquire the code

1 point

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized the ICD-10 ‘go live date’ in the United States is:

September 15, 2015

October 1, 2015

December 31, 2015

January 1, 2016

1 point

Why is the US moving to ICD-10?

because other countries are doing it

Because ICD-9 is old

The ICD-9 content is no longer clinically accurate and has limited data about patients' medical conditions and hospital inpatient procedures

1 point

Which alphabet letter is not used in the first place holder in the ICD-10-CM coding?

1 point

With the increased specificity of ICD-10 users are going to find the use of the ICD-10 as easier than ICD-9.

True

False

It depends on who you talk to

1 point

Cross-walking ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes is relatively easy and can be done via our claim system functions.

True

False

1 point

Moving from ICD-9 to ICD-10 demonstrates the following change:

Moving from 5 digits to 8 digits

Moving from 5 digits to 7 letters

Moving from 3-5 digits to 7 alphaneumeric characters

1 point

The only real difference between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 is that ICD-10CM has 5 times more codes

True

False

1 point

It is important to enter accurate coding in the claim system as this information is used by our Analytics Team to create reports for the Client.

True

False

10.

1 point

The ICD-10 Diagnosis Code for a condition involving the musculoskeletal system begins with numbers and ends with letters.

True

False

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