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CIC Practice Questions - Certified Inpatient Coder Exam

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Prepare with the CIC Practice Questions - Certified Inpatient Coder Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering icd-10-pcs, patient, icd-10-cm, code, and root. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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Question 1
In ICD-10-CM, what is the principal diagnosis for an inpatient admission?
The condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission
The most severe condition the patient has at discharge
The first diagnosis documented in the medical record
The condition requiring the most resources during the stay
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?
I21.02 — ST elevation myocardial infarction involving left anterior descending coronary artery
R07.9 — Chest pain, unspecified
I25.10 — Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery
I21.9 — Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified
Question 3
What does the 7th character in an ICD-10-CM injury code represent?
The type of encounter (initial, subsequent, or sequela)
The laterality of the injury
The severity of the injury
The anatomical site of the injury
Question 4
Which ICD-10-CM guideline applies when two or more diagnoses equally meet the definition of principal diagnosis?
Either condition may be sequenced first as the principal diagnosis
The condition requiring the most resources must be sequenced first
The condition diagnosed first must be sequenced first
The condition with the highest DRG reimbursement must be sequenced first
Question 5
A patient is admitted for chemotherapy and also has metastatic liver cancer from a primary colon malignancy. What is the principal diagnosis?
Z51.11 — Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy
C78.7 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct
C18.9 — Malignant neoplasm of colon, unspecified
C80.1 — Malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified

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CIC Practice Questions - Certified Inpatient Coder Exam

This practice set contains 100 questions from the matching question bank and focuses on icd-10-pcs, patient, icd-10-cm, code, and root. Work through each question carefully, review the provided solutions, and revisit topics that need more study before your next attempt.

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